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MAP  OF 


Revised  Edition. 

BY 

GLENS   FALLS, 

Scale   ot  Miles. 

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LAKE  GEORGE 


(If^UUSTWA.  lEI)., 


AND 


LAKE  CHAMPLAIN, 


A  BOOK  OF  TO-I)/\Y. 


s!  R.  jSTo  n  n A.  R  d. 


TWENTY-SECOND    EDITION. 


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GLENS   FALLS,  N.  Y.  2-7  O)  ^J( 

PUBLISHED     MV    THE    AUTHOR. 
CopyriRht,  iSyi.  by  S.  R.  Stoddard. 


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Lake  George  and  Lake  Champlain. 


A.C.  A 109 

Adams  Laodlne 131) 

Advert'm  to  Indeietl.  145 

A'  oorgh  SprlDgs 140 

'^«««obly  Point 35 

Au  Sable  CbMm 118 

Baldwin 77 

Bliody  Pond aO 

fWxby,  Dr.  George  F.  137 

Bluff  PI 138,1117 

hulw«ga  Bay IM 

Burllnetoo 112 

Camp  Life 3 

Camp  WaUon 141 

Oanllon. 102 

Cedar  Beach lOll 

Ciiamplaln'8  Battle. .    08 

Colcbester  Point 118 

Crown  Point  Rams..  108 
Cumberland  Head . . .  13(1 

Uown  the  Lake 39 

B^gteCamp li)9 

K«Bex...s ?0J 

Fishing 6 

Forts. 

Caasln 08 

Oage 19 

Ueorg' 10 

Moi.^omery 188 

St.  Frederick 108 

Tlccnderoga(Kum(>)  98 
Wm.  Henry  (Ruins)    9 

French  Point 67 

Olcna  Fallv 21 

Bu^lnrssCardf,  147,151 
Qordon's  Lai  ding.  . .  13K 

Great  Back  liay 140 

GrogUaibor 107 

Havae 71 

Uigbgste  Springs....  143 

Howr a  Landing 79 

Halett'a  Landing'....    Ii4 

Hotels  (Advertlae- 
ments,  Indexed..  145 

AibloD ••••    87 

Bolton  H<  use 49 

Biirleieh  Huure. ...  83 
CBrpentt>r  Uonae. . .    14 

Certral  Hotel 18 

Champlain, 

(Blnfl  Point).. 138. 107 
Cl'ampl'n  (Haquam)  148 

Crosbyslde 15 

Cumberland  House  134 
H.  L.  George  House  86 
Fort  Wm.Heniy  H.    11 

Fominet  House 134 

Fourteen  Mile  I..  51-b 

Glbbs  House lOS 

Grove  H'tel m 

Hillalde  House 73 

Horlcon  Lodge 88 

Haletl'a  Undlug  H.  08 
HuDdn  d  Island  H.51-0 

Island  Harbor 7S 

KktttlilllHoaae....    87 


Hotels— continued. 

Kenesaw 61-b 

Kcnmore 171 

LakeHonte 13 

L.  View  n.,  L.  Geo.  41 
L.View,AuSblCHmlig 

Marlon  Iloose 89 

Mohican  Houao.  .46, 158 

Pearl  Point 54 

Phtcnix  Hotel 71 

Prospect  Mt.  Honse   14 

Rising  House 73 

Rockwell  House...  33 
Rogers'  Rock  Bote)  70 
SaRsmore.  The..  .49, 159 
Samson's  L.V'w  H.  143 
Maranac  L'ke  Bouse  165 
St.  Hubert's  Inn...  164 

Silver  Bay 69 

Stevens  House 108 

Trout  House 72 

Trout Pavllllon....  3« 
Van  Ness  House...  113 

Welden,  The 148 

Weetport  Inn 10^ 

Willi>borougb,  The  109 
Icdian  Kettles 67 

Islands. 

As- You- Were 58 

Burnt mi 

C«no  ' 83 

Ciab 188 

Crown 61-A 

Diamond .32 

Dome 40 

Bllzabeth 87 

Floating  Battery...    69 

Four  Brothers 110 

Fourteen  Mile 61 

Half-way 69 

Harbor 60 

Hen  and  Chickens  61-o 
IsleLaMotte 139 

{uniper 110 
,ong 83 

MotEir  Bunch 60 

North  Hero 139 

Oaho 81-\ 

Phnntom 66 

Phelps BO 

Prisoner's 77 

Rccluf*- 40 

Scotch  Bennett 79 

South  Hero 189 

Tea 39 

Three  Sirens 69 

Turtle B5 

Valcour 126 

.icar'e 63 

Ladd's  Landing 1.39 

Lake  Champlain 93 

Islands 187 

Lake  George 

Discovery.. 6-a 

Badness  Carda....  167 


Haps. 

L.ChampIatn  ami  L. 
George.  In  front  cover 
Lake  George  Hotels 

Frontispiece. 

Ticonderoga 81 

TIconderoga  Rnini.  100 
MIsilfqnol  Park 144 

Mountains. 

Antho^y>s  Nose.. . .    70 

Black 87 

B'lck 39 

Deer's  Leap 68 

Blephaut 66 

HoR'sBack t!4 

Prospect 14 

Rogers' Rock 76 

Sr.litRock 107 

Tongue 51-B 

Twin 6« 

Old  Stone  Store 14 

Otter  Creek lOK 

Outfit 3 

Paradise  Bay 68 

Plattsbu'gh 138 

Battle  or 183 

Port  Henry 104 

PortKent 118 

Roads  and  Drives IH 

RockDnnder HI 

Roger's  Slide 7? 

Rouse's  Point M 

Railroads. 

Au  SaMe  Cbasro. . .  113 

Chat)  augay Xfa,  174 

Delaware  &  Hudson  173 

Fitchbnrgn 175 

HMdson  River 173 

Sabbath  Day  Point..    66 

Sacrificial  Stone i7 

St.  Albarg l« 

St.  Mary's  of  the  Lake  81 
Saratoga— Reverse  of 

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Shelburne  Harbor. . .  Ill 

South  Hero 138 

Split  Rock 107 

Steamboats. 

Chatcaugay 100 

Hrrlcon 16 

Hudson  River 168 

Island  Queen IT 

Ticonderoga 17 

Vermeot 97 

Water  LUy 105 

Ticonderoga,  Falls..    81 

Naires 101 

Fort 98 

Village 81 

Valcour,  Battle  of. .    137 

Westport 105 

Whitehall 96 

Williams'  Monument   80 
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LAKE  GEORGE. 


A.KE  GEORGE!  How  the  heart 
bounds  and  the  pulse  quickens  at  sound 
of  the  ords  that  bring  with  them 
thoughts  of  the  "Holy  Lake."  In 
farcy  we  again  breathe  the  air,  heavy 
with  the  odor  of  pines  and  cedar,  or  fragrant  with 
the  breath  of  blossoming  clover.  Again  we  wander 
among  the  daisies  and  buttercups  that  gem  the  hill- 
side sloping  so  gently  down  to  where  the  wavelets 
kiss  the  white  beach,  or  floating  among  the  verdant 
islands,  watch  the  sunlight  and  shadow  chase  each 
other  up  the  mountain  side,  while  every  crag  and 
fleecy  cloud  is  mirrored  in  the  quiet  waters  below. 

A  memory  of  the  past  comes  to  me  as  I  write ;  of 
good  old  days  now  past  and  gone ;  of  lumbering 
coaches  where  now  go  swiftly  glancing  trains  ;  of  six 
horse  tally-hos,  now  crowded  out  by  monsters 
breathing  fire  and  smoke;  of  sounding  plank  in 
place  of  shining  ribs  of  steel.  More  comfortable 
now  it  is  undoubtedly  with  its  luxurious  palace  curs 
but  the  poetry  has  gone  with  the  dear  old  stages, 
and  the  new  things  of  the  age  have  made  living 
commonplace  at  last.  The  memory  remains,  how^ 
ever,  of  the  stage  of  old,  with  its  overhanging  load 
of  pleasure  seekei«s  in  brave  attire,  suggestive  of 
some  huge  bouquet  of  gaily  colored  flowers,  rocking 
and  swaying  from  side  to  side  as  it  bowls  merrily 
along  through  the  shaded  streets  and  out  across  the 
plain,  creeping  up  the  long  hill,  then  down  into  the 


a  Lakk  GKORc;k. 

valley  on  the  other  side,  where  raj^gcd  urchins  pelt 
us  with  great,  creamy  pond  lilies  ;  of  the  stop  at  the 
Half-Way  House,  where  thirsty  ones  partake  of 
cooling  drinks  such  as  Brown  alone  can  make;  of  the 
rapidly  changing  views  as  with  swinging  gait  we 
cover  the  winding  forest  road;  of  Williams'  Monu- 
ment and  Bloody  Pond  ;  and  of  the  moment  when 
the  woods  are  left  behind  and  the  "  Lake  of  the 
Blessed  Sacrament  "  lies  before  us,  green-walled  at 
the  sides  and  stretching  away  to  where  the  rugged 
Tongue  and  misty  Black  Mountain  close  across  the 
sparkling  way. 

Rightfully  and    becomingly  does  Lake    George 
wear  the  proud  title  "  Queen  of  American  Waters." 
Lying  along  the  south-eastern  margin  of  the  great 
Adirondacks  it  combines  the  grandure  of  its  widest 
mountain  lakes  with  the  quiet  loveliness  of  its  peace- 
ful valleys.     The  graceful  foliage  of  Keene  Valley, 
the  rounded  headlands  of   the    queenly  Raquettc, 
the  repose  of  stately  Placid,  the   rugged    grandeur 
of    dark  Avalanche,  have    each    their    counterpart 
here,  all  blended  in  one  grand  harmonious  whole. 
Its  water  of   marvelous   purity  has  a  distinctive 
color  of  its  own.     The  Raquette  River  flows  red, 
the  Opalescent  amber;  Lake  George  is,  in  its  shaded 
depths,  a  positive  green.     Its  tributary  streams  are 
few  and  short— spring-born  in  the  enwrapping  hills. 
It  is  itself  but  a  great  overflowing  spring  in  its  hollow 
of   verdure-covered    rock.     Its  surface   is    346  feet 
above  tide  and  247  feet  above  Lake  Champlain  into 
which,   at   the  north,   with  many  a  wild   leap  and 
rapid  race,  it  empties.     Islands  rear  themselves  in 
solitary  grandeur,  or  are  gathered  in  dainty  clusters 
on  its  face.     Of  old  it  was  said  there  was  an  island 


l-AKK  Gr.oKC'.t:. 


irchins  pelt 
stop  at  the 
partake  of 
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ment when 
ake  of  the 
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across  the 

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the  great 

its  widest 
'  its  peace- 
le  Valley, 
Raquette, 

grandeur 
)unterpart 
•us  whole, 
distinctive 
flows  red, 
its  shaded 
reams  are 
ping  hills, 
its  hollow 

346  feet 
plain  into 
leap  and 
iselves  in 
y  clusters 
an  island 


for  every  day  in  the  year,  ami  an  additional  inyste- 
rious,  illusive,  little  sprite  of  a  one  '.hat  appeared 
only  in  the  years  divisible  by  four,  but  the  Ui)im- 
aginative,  survey  of  1880  proved  that  there  are  but 
220  including  every  considerable  rock  around  which 
the  water  breaks. 

During  July  and  August,  Lake  '"-eorge  teems 
with  nomadic  life  in  all  its  varied  forms.  Vagrant 
communities  appear  and  disappear  as  if  by  magic  ; 
white  tents  gleam  among  the  dark-green  foliage,  and 
lonely  islands  are  suddenly  astir  with  busy  throngs. 
Its  wilderness  solitudes  for  the  time  resound  with 
joyous  shoutings,  as  of  boys  let  loose  from  school  ; 
its  rocks  are  flecked  with  blue  and  gray;  its  tree 
tops  blush  with  bunting,  while  the  very  shores  put 
on  a  flannelly  hue,  and  shadowy  points  blossom  out 
in  duck  and  dimity.  It  is  safe  to  say  that  in  the 
course  of  the  season  a  thousand  people  taste  the 
pleasures  and  overcome  the  difficulties  of  actual 
camp  life  at  L  ike  George. 

The  camp  outfit  should  include  a  light  axe,  long- 
handled  fryin :;-pan,  tin  pail  for  water  or  cofTee,  tin 
plates,  pint  cups,  knives  and  forks  and  fishing  tackle. 
A  stove-top  laid  on  a  fire-place  of  stones  and  mud, 
and  supplied  with  one  length  ot  stove  pipe  will  be 
appreciated  by  the  cook;  spruce  boughs  for  a  bed, 
with  rubber  blanket,  to  guard  against  possible, 
dampness,  and  two  or  three  good  woolen  blankets  ^ 
for  covering,  will  be  found  very  comfortable.  A 
small  bag  to  fill  with  leaves  or  moss  for  a  pillow, 
pays  for  itself  in  one  night.  Flannel  or  woolen 
clothing,  with  roomy  shoes  and  a  soft  felt  hat,  is 
ordinarily  the  safest  dress. 


Lake  George. 


Ladies,  wear  what  you  have  a  mind  to  (you  will, 
any  \v;iy),  but  let  me  respectfully  suggest  that  it  be 
mostly  flannel,  with  good. strong  shoes  under  foot, 
and  a  man's  felt  hat  over  head— take  the  man  along, 
too,  if  you  want  to,  he  will  be  useful  to  row  you 
about,  take  the  fish  off  your  hook,  run  errands,  etc. 

Boats  and  provisions  may  be  obtained  at  almost 
any  of  the  hotels.  Bacon,  salt  pork,  bread  and 
butter,  Boston  crackers,  tea,  coffee,  sugar,  pepper 
and  salt,  with  a  tin  box  or  two  for  containing  the 
same  are  among  the  things  needed.  Milk  can  be 
cbtained  regularly  at  the  farm  houses,  berries  picked 
ahnost  anywhere ;  ice  is  a  luxury  which  may  be 
contracted  foi  and  thrown  from  the  passing  steam- 
ers daily  ;  a  hole  in  the  ground  with  a  piece  of  bark 
over  it  forms  a  very  good  ice  box  ;  a  drinking  cup 
of  leather,  to  carry  in  the  pocket,  comes  handy  at 
times ;  broad-brimmed  straw  hats  are  a  nuisance. 
Whiskey  is  unnecessary,  a  damage  and  disgrace  to 
the  party  ;  if  you  take  it  habitually  to  prevent 
colds,  don't  come.  Colds  are  never  taken  here  by 
sleeping  out  under  the  stars,  and  there  is  little  in 
God's  pure  air  and  sunshine  in  keeping  with  the  de< 
grading  stuff. 

A  shanty  made  of  boughs  will  answer,  in  absence 
or  anything  better.  It  sounds  well  when  you  talk 
about  "  roughing  it,"  but  is  unsatisfactory  in  prac- 
tice. A  tent  may  be  made  comfortable  with  the 
outlay  of  a  little  time  and  work.  There  are  clubs 
who  own  fishing  boxes  or  shanties,  more  or  less 
rough  in  constructici,  some  made  simply  of  rough 
boards,  with  bunks  for  sleeping  in,  and  with  chairs, 
tables,  stoves,  etc.  Some  of  them  can  be  hired,  the 
price  being  from  $12  to  $20  per  week,  including 


Lake  George. 


S 


>  (you  will, 

that  it  be 

nder  foot, 

nan  along, 

row  you 

rands,  etc. 

at  almost 
•read    and 
ir,  pepper 
ining  the 
k  can  be 
ies  picked 
I  may  be 
ig  steam- 
e  of  bark 
king  cup 
handy  at 
tiuisance. 
igrace  to 

prevent 
I  here  by 

little  in 
1  the  de- 

absence 
i'ou  talk 
in  prac- 
nth  the 
re  clubs 

or  less 
f  rough 

chairs, 
red,  the 
eluding 


the  use  of  a  boat  or  two  and  in  many  cases  a  well 
filled  ice  house.  The  poorest  cottage  is  an  improve- 
ment on  the  best  of  tents  in  stormy  weather. 

The  question  of  the  right  of  individuals  to  ac- 
quire and  hold  possession  of  certain  islands  belong- 
ing to  the  State  is  somewhat  complicated  ""d  as 
yet  unsettled.  The  law  says  ;  "  77/r  /atids  now  or 
hereafter  constituting  the  forest  preserve  shall  be  for- 
ever kept  as  ivild  forest  lands."  A  number  of  these 
islands  are  occupied  by  responsible  parties  who 
were  appointed  custodians  by  the  land  commission- 
ers, and  who  in  good  faith  expended  considerable 
money  in  beautifying  and  making  these  islands 
comfortable  for  summer  occupancy.  Their  rights 
are  respected  by  the  public  generally  and  their  re- 
moval a  question  of  time. 

The  Forest  Commission,  having  charge  of  the 
forest  preserve,  was  created  by  Chapter  283  of  the 
laws  of  1885.  The  forest  warden,  forest  inspectors, 
foresters  and  other  persons  acting  upon  the  forest 
preserve  under  the  written  employment  of  the  forest 
warden,  or  of  the  Forest  Commission,  may,  without 
warrant,  arrest  any  person  found  upon  the  forest 
preserve  violating  any  provisions  of  the  act  creating 
the  commission.  The  Forest  Commission  has  the 
same  power  to  bring  action  for  trespass  and  to  re- 
cover damages  for  injury,  or  to  prevent  injury  to 
the  preserve  which  any  owner  of  lands  would  be  en- 
titled to  bring.  The  fire  wardens  have  power  to 
call  upon  any  person  in  the  territory  in  which  they 
act  for  assistance  in  suppressing  fires,  and  every 
perion  refusing  to  act  when  so  called  shall  be  liable 
to  a  fine  of  not  less  than  five  nor  more  than  twenty 
dollars.     Any  person  who  shall  willfully  or  negiigent- 


i;|llHlf)mil 


^^WZ 


irin^MviMriHi 


T.AKE    CiEORGE. 


ly  set  fire  to  any  forest  lands  belonging  to  the  State, 
shall  be  liable  to  a  fine  of  not  less  than  fifty  or  more  than 
five  hundred  dollars,  or  to  imprisonment  of  not  less 
than  thirty  d;iys  nor  more  than  six  months. 

The  islands  of  Lake  George  belong  to  the  State 
and  under  existing  laws,  cannot  be  purchased,  ex- 
cept the  following:  Tea,  Diamond,  Canoe,  long, 
Elizabeth,  Three  Brothers,  Dome,  Recluse,  Belvoi'r, 
Hiawatha,  Loontine,  Green,  Crown,  Fourteen  Mile, 
Flora,  Turtle  and  Harbor  Islands. 

Good  fishing  can  be  had  at  Lake  George  in  its 
proper  season  by  one  possessed  of  a  proper  knowl- 
edge of  the  best  ground.  This  knowledge  is  pup 
chasable  and  can  be  had  by  the  employment  of 
competent  fishermen,  who  furnish  boat  and  bait 
also'  at  about  $3  per  day.  The  game  fish  are  the  lake 
trout  and  black  bass.  The  trout  are  usually  taken 
by  deep  trolling  early  in  the  season  and  with  live 
bait  in  deep  water,  later.  Black  bass  are  caught  by 
trolling  or  still  fishing  over  rocky  ground.  Rock 
bass  and  perch  abound  on  certain  well-known  ledges 
whue  the  plebian  "bull-head"  flourishes  on  the 
softer  bottom.  This  last  fish,  although  not  con- 
sidered good  in  many  waters  is  here  firm  of  flesh 
and  palatable.  Brook  trout  fishing  makes  a  fair  re- 
turn for  labor  expended,  the  yield  in  the  various 
streams  emptying  into  the  lake  being  in  ratio  to  the 
whipping  they  get.  Here  the  various  "  flies  "  that 
are  comparatively  valueless  for  lake  fishing  may  be 
used  to  advantage. 

Hunting  is  little  considered  here  although  the 
woods  yield  a  fair  share  of  birds  and  small  game  and 
deer  are  not  uncommon  in  the  mountains  along  the 
narrows. 


the  State, 
more  than 
jf  not  less 

IS. 

the  State 
hased,  ex- 
noe,  long, 
s,  Belvoi'r, 
een  Mile, 

3rgc  in  its 
)er  knowl. 
jc  is  pup 
yment  o( 
and   bait 
e  the  lake 
lily  taken 
with  live 
aught  by 
I.     Rock 
vn  ledges 
I   on   the 
not  con. 
I  of  flesh 
a  fair  re- 
3  various 
io  to  the 
;s"  that 
:  may  be 

ugh  the 
ame  and 
long  the 


Lake  George. 


6-a 


Tl»e  existence  of  Lake  (ieorge  was  first  made 
known  to  Europeans  in  1609,  through  tlic  writings 
of  Samuel  dc  Champlain.  It  was  known  to  the 
Indians  as  Andia-to-roc-te  (place  xvhere  the  lake 
contracts).  Champlain  went  no  further  south  than 
the  falls  at  Ticonderoga. 

In  the  month  of  August,  1642,  a  war  party  of 
Iroquois,  returning  from  Canada  to  their  homes  in 
I  he  Mohawk  Valley,  passed  through  Lake  George 
w  ith  three  prisoners,  tortured,  maimed  and  bleeding. 
They  were  a  Frenttli  Jesuit,  Father  Jogues,  Rene 
Goupil  and  Guillame  Couture,  the  first  white  men 
known  to  have  seen  the  "  Lake  of  the  Blessed  Sacra- 
ment." 

Again,  on  the  29th  of  May,  1646,  Father  Jogues, 
with  Sieur  Bourden,  engineer  in  chief  on  the  gover- 
nor's  staff,  and  six  friendly  Indians  arrived  at  the 
outlet  on  the  eve  of  the  festival  of  Corpus  Christi, 
and  in  commemoration  of  the  day  they  named  it 
the"  Lake  of  the  Blessed  Sacrament."  Foroverahun- 
dred  years  it  bore  its  beautiful  name  of  Lac  Du  St. 
Stcrament.  then,  in  .  1755,  General  Johnson  en- 
camped  at  its  head  and  called  it  Lake  George,  in 
honor  of  George  the  Second,  and  then  reigning 
kipg  of  Great  Britain. 

"Horicaii,"  the  "  Silvery  Water,"  was  simply  a  fan- 
cy of  Cooper's.  He  says  :  "  It  occurred  to  me  that 
the  French  name  of  this  lake  was  too  complicated, 
the  American  too  common-place,  and  the  Indian 
too  unpronounceable  for  either  to  be  used  familiarly 
in  a  work  of  fiction,"*  so  he  called  it  "  Horican." 
The  name  has  been  generally  accepted  as  historical 


•  "  Thi-  last  of  the  Mubicaos."    Inlro.uction  to  edition  of  1851. 
George  P.  Putnam. 


New  York 


6-b 


Father  Jogues. 


ana  advanced  by  admirers  as  one  more  indication 
of  the  poetic  temperament  and  appreciation  of  the 
beautiful  fitness  of  iiings  possessed  by  the  noble  red 
man.  It  is  not  explained,  however,  why,  in  these 
later  days,  Cooper's  creation  is  accepted  as  the  name, 
while  his  spelling  is  ignored. 

Isaac  Jogues,  who  rirst  saw,  and  seeing,  wrote  of 
Lake  George,  was  born  at  Orleans,  Jan.  lo,  1 607; 
entered  the  Jesuit  Society  at  Rouen,  1624,  and 
three "  years  later  removed  to  the  college  of  La 
Fletche.  He  completed  his  divinity  studies  at  Cler- 
mont College,  Paris,  and  was  ordained  Priest  in 
February,  1636.  In  the  spring  of  that  year  he 
embarked  as  a  missionary  for  Canada,  arriving  early 
in  July,  and  soon  proceeded  to  his  far-away  station 
on  the  Otawa  river  in  the  land  of  the  Hurons.  On 
his  return  from  Quebec  where  he  came  for  sup- 
plies in  164^:,  he  was  captured  with  his  party  and 
carried  through  Lake  George  to  the  Mohawk,  suffer- 
ing torture  at  that  and  various  other  times.  The 
following  year,  in  July,  he  mpde  his  escape  by  aid  of 
the  Dutch  at  Ft.  Orange,  who  sent  him  to  France, 
where  he  arrived  about  Christmas,  and  was  received 
with  great  honor  and  reverence.  In  1644  he. re- 
turned to  Canada,  and  in  1646  returned  by  the 
old  route  to  his  former  masters,  the  Mohawks,  a 
missionary  from  his  superior,  and  an  ambassador  for 
the  French  nation,  to  ratify  a  treaty  with  the  savages. 
Once  more  he  returned  to  Canada,  and  once  more 
passed  over  the  holy  lake  to  his  "  Mission  of  the 
Martyrs,"  where  on  his  arival  he  was  met  by  torture 
and  paid  the  penalty  of  his  zeal  with  his  pure  de- 
vote:! ::!f  :z~rificing  life. 


B^SS^SS 


Lake  George. 


6.r 


e  indication 
ition  of  the 
e  noble  red 
y,  in  these 
s  the  nawe, 

h  wrote  of 
lo,  1607; 
1624,   and 
•ge  of  La 
es  at  Cler- 
Priest   in 
t  year  he 
ving  early 
ay  station 
ons.     On 
for  sup- 
>arty  and 
'k,  suffer- 
les.     The 
by  aid  of 
'  France, 
received 
i-  here- 
by the 
hawks,  a 
iador  for 
savages. 
:e  more 
I  of  the 
torture 
ure  de- 


In  1609,  Hendrick  Hudson  ascended  the  North 
river  to  its  junction  with  the  Mohawk,  and  the  same 
year  Champlain  sailed  as  fa-  south  as  Ticonderoga, 
on  the  lake  which  now  bears  his  name.  At  f;hat 
time  the  Algonquins  occupied  the  land  north  of  the 
St.  Lawrence,  and  the  Five  Nations  (a  powerful  con- 
federacy, consisting  of  th«  Mohawks,  Oneidas,  Onon- 
dagas,  Cayugas,  and  Settecas),  were  gathered  in  the 
valley  01  the  Mohawk.  The  tribes  of  the  north 
and  south  were  continually  at  wa«*  with  each  other. 
The  land  between  the  St.  Lawrence  and  the  Mo 
hawk  was  debatable  ground,  and  the  country  along 
the  shores  of  St.  Sacrament  and  Champlain  was  a 
solitude,  for  the  lakes,  stretching  north  and  south, 
formed  a  pathway  through  the  wilderness,  over 
which  savage  nations  were  constantly  going  to  war 
against  each  other.  This  had  driven  all  wl.o  were 
inclined  to  occupy  the  land  beyond  the  mountains ; 
and  presumably  this  is  why  it  received  its  Indian 
name,  signifying  "  the  lake  that  is  the  gate  of  the 
country." 

The  English  secured  th'ir  right  to  the  country 
claimed  by  the  Five  Nations  by  virtue  of  a  treaty 
with  that  people ;  the  French  claimed  it  by  right  of 
Champlain's  discovery.  Both  nations  aimed  to 
Keep  the  friendship  of  the  Indian  tribes,  in  which 
the  French  met  with  the  greater  success.  They 
were  constantly  extending  their  lines,  and  sending 
o'-^r  zealous  missionaries  and  enterprising  traders, 
who  carried  glass  beads,  fire-water,  and  the  bread  of 
life  to  the  red  man,  and  created  a  great  revival  of 
religion  among  them,  in  consequence  of  which  a 
good  many  English  scalps  were  taken. 
;■    In  1731   the  French  advanced   to  Crown  Point 


t  I 


H' 


6.6 


Historical — 1731-1755. 


and  built  a  fort,  wl.ich  they  called  "  St.  Frederick." 
The  slow  English  remonstrated,  but  took  no  active 
measures  to  resist  the  advance  on  what  they 
claimed  as  their  territory.  The  Indians  that  gath- 
ered around  the  French  fort  were  a  constant  men- 
ace to  the  exposed  home  of  the  English  settlers  of 
the  upper  Hudson,  and  often  was  the  story  told  of 
a  sudden  descent  on  some  unprotected  point,  a  rifle 
shot,  a  gleaming  knife  or  bloody  tomahawk,  and  a 
retreat  by  the  light  of  a  burning  building.  Tn  the 
words  of  the  French  concerning  their  Indian  allies, 
they  occasionally  "  struck  a  blow  and  returned  with 
some  scalps." 

In  time  the  English  realized  that  something  more 
effective  than  protests  would  be  needed  to  resist 
the  encroachment  of  the  French,  and  in  1755  Gen- 
eral, afterward  Sir  William,  Johnson  was  dispatched 
to  take  charge  of  the  '.ittle  affair.  He  arrived  at 
the  head  of  Lac  du  St.  Sacrament  August  28th, 
and  at  once  renamed  the  lake,  calling  it  Lake 
George,  in  honor  of  the  then  reigning  King  of 
Great  Britain.  Not  content  with  this  hydraulic  vic- 
tory he  issued  a  proclamation,  in  which  he  said : 
"  I  propose  to  go  down  this  lake  with  a  part  of  the 
army,  and  take  post  at  the  end  of  it,  at  a  pass 
called  '  Ticonderogue,'  there  to  await  the  coming 
up  of  the  rest  of  the  army,  and  then  attack  Crown 
Point."  While  General  Johnson  was  waiting  to 
note  the  effect  of  his  proclamation,  the  Baron  Dies- 
kau,  with  1,400  men,  600  of  whom  were  Indians,  ad- 
vanced, September  8th,  to  attack  Fort  Lyman,  now 
Fort  Edward.  When  within  four  miles  of  the  fort, 
the  Indians  refused  to  proceed  further,  it  is  thought 
from  their  known   fear  of  cannon.    Dieskau  then 


m  c 
gun 
with 


mmimtiHlim 


tf^TlklMlfci^ii^^i*   'Vf 


Lake  George. 


6-e 


rederick." 
no  active 
hat  they 
that  gath- 
tant  men- 
settlers  of 
ry  told  of 
int,  a  rifle 
.wk,  and  a 
g.  [n  the 
lian  allies, 
irned  with 

hing  more 
I  to  resist 
1755  Gen- 
dispatched 
arrived  at 
xust  28th, 
it  Lake 
King  of 
raulic  vic- 
he  said : 
art  of  the 
at  a  pass 
e  coming 
ick  Crown 
iraiting  to 
iron  Dies- 
idians,  ad- 
man,  now 
the  fort, 
I  thought 
cau  then 


turned  the  head  of  his  little  army  toward  Lake 
George,  and  had  reached  the  place  where  Williams' 
monument  now  stands,  when  news  was  brought  that 
the  English  were  advancing  toward  them.  Form- 
ing an  ambush  in  shape  of  a  hollow  square,  open  to- 
ward the  north ;  the  points  extending  on  each  side 
of  the  road,  the  French  awaited  the  coming  of  the 
enemy,  which  soon  appeared — 1,000  English  and 
200  Indians  —  under  Col.  Ephraim  Williams  and 
old  King  Hendrick.  It  happened  that  among 
Dieskau's  Indians  were  some  of  the  great  league  of 
the  Iroquois,  who,  seeing  that  the  English  were  ac- 
companied by  a  party  of  their  sworn  friends,  fired 
guns  in  the  air  as  a  warning,  and,  by  this  act,  turned 
what  might  have  been  the  annihilation  of  the  de- 
tachment into  simply  a  bad  defeat.  The  French 
opened  fire,  at  once.  Colonel  Williams  and  King 
Hendrick  fell,  and  their  followers  retreated,  followed 
by  the  French.  The  noise  of  the  engagement  was 
heard  at  Lake  George,  and  a  force  of  300  was  dis- 
patched to  the  assistance  of  the  English,  while 
breastworks  of  fallen  trees  were  thrown  up  with  all 
haste  in  front  of  the  camp.  Soon  came  the  English 
in  confusion,  closely  pursued  by  the  French.  The 
guns  of  the  English  could  not  be  brought  to  bear, 
without  injuring  friend  and  foe  alike,  and  it  ap- 
peared to  be  Die  kau's  object  to  keep  thus  close  on 
the  heels  of  the  retreating  English,  and  enter  the 
fortified  camp  with  them ;  but  as,  with  joyful 
shouts,  the  survivors  tumbled  over  the  logs  among 
their  friends,  they,  with  wonder,  beheld  the  French 
halt  while  the  Indian  allies  skulked  in  the  swamps. 
The  pause  was  for  a  few  minutes  only,  but  it  af- 
forded the  English  time  to  perfect  their  plans  of  de- 


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Historical — 1755-1757- 


1 


1   i 


fcnse,  and,  when  the  French  did  finally  advance, 
they  were  received  by  a  well-worked  battery  against 
which  they  could  not  prevail.  The  attack  was 
spirited,  and  the  defense  stubborn.  The  engage- 
ment began  a  little  before  noon,  and  lasted  until 
about  four  o'clock,  when  the  enemy  retreated,  and 
the  English  took  their  turn  at  pursuit.  Dieskau 
was  wounded  and  taken  prisoner,  dying  afterward, 
it  is  said,  from  the  effect  of  his  wounds.  Johnson 
was  also  wounded  early  in  the  day,  and  the  com- 
mand devolved  on  General  Lyman,  who  behaved 
with  unexceptionable  bravery  throughout  the  en- 
tire engagement. 

The  French  loss,  killed  and  wounded,  was  nearly 
4CO  men  ;  the  English  about  300.  Johnson,  having 
earned  glory  enough,  spent  the  remainder  of  the 
season  in  building  Fort  William  Henry. 

In  March,  1757,  Vaudreuil,  with  1,500  French 
and  Indians,  came  over  the  ice  to  attack  Fort  Wil- 
liam Henry.  The  attack  was  made  at  two  o'clock 
on  the  morning  of  the  19th,  but  the  garrison  was 
apprised  of  the  enemy's  approach  and  repulsed  him 
successfully.  He  succeeded,  however,  in  burning  a 
number  of  sloops  and  batteaux,.that  were  frozen  in 
the  ice,  in  front  of  the  fort. 

Early  in  August,  following  Vaudreuil's  unsuccess- 
ful attack,  the  Marquis  de  Montcalm,  with  nearly 
8,000  French  and  Indians,  advanced  on  Fort  Wil- 
liam Henry.  Colonel  Monro  was  then  in  command 
of  the  fort.  He  withstood  the  siege  for  six  4ays  in 
hopes  of  relief  from  General  Webb ;  but,  receiving 
none,  sent  a  messenger  to  Montcalm  stating  the 
terms  on  which  he  would  surrender.  The  terms 
w?re    substantially    that    the    English    should    be 


Ind 

taci 

thai 

in 

bari 

not! 

cou! 

phei 


"ffSS" 


Jiuun 


ly  advance, 
tery  against 
attack  was 
rhe  engage- 
lasted  until 
itreated,  and 
t.      Dieskau 
ig  afterward, 
is.     Johnson 
nd  the  com- 
vho   behaved 
tiout   the  en- 

d,  was  nearly 
inson,  having 
linder  of  the 
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lack  Fort  Wil- 

t  two  o'clock 

garrison  was 

repulsed  him 

in  burning  a 

were  frozen  in 

I's  unsuccess- 
with  nearly 
on  Fort  Wil- 
n  in  command 
or  six  4ays  in 
but,  receiving 
m  stating  the 
The  terms 
sh    should   be 


Lake  George. 

allowed  to  march  out  with  the  honors  of  war,  car- 
rying arms  and  baggage.  Thej'  v  re  agreed  to, 
and  at  noon  the  next  day  the  English  marched 
over  to  the  entrenched  camp,  there  to  remain  until 
the  following  morning,  leaving  the  sick  and 
wounded  under  the  protection  of  the  French  gen- 
eral.    But,  even  while  they  were  passing  out,  the 


Indians  swarmed  in  through  the  embrasures,  at- 
tacking the  sick  and  helpless.  The  horrible  scenes 
that  followed  are  thus  described  by  Father  Robaud 
in  his  " Relations : "  "I  saw  one  of  these  bar- 
barians come  forth  out  of  the  casements,  which 
nothing  but  the  most  insatiate  avidity  for  blood 
could  induce  him  to  enter,  for  the  infected  atmos- 
phere which  exhaled  from  it  was  insupportable,  car. 


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rying  in  his  hand  a  human  head,  from  which 
streams  of  blood  were  flowing,  and  which  he  pa- 
raded as  the  most  valuable  prize  he  had  been  able 
to  seize." 

In  the  morning,  when  the  English  marched  out 
of  the  entrenched  camp,  and,  protected  by  three 
hundred  French,  the  insufficiency  of  their  escort  be- 
came apparent.  The  savages  swarmed  in  the 
woods  on  every  side,  and  hung  like  a  dark  storm- 
cloud  along  their  path.  Low,  ominous  muttering, 
like  distant  thunder,  came  from  the  surging  crowd, 
rising  higher  and  higher,  until,  with  fierce  yells, 
thc}'  fell  on  the  panic-stricken  English,  and  struck 
them  down  in  the  face  of  their  helpless  guard. 
Soon  all  semblance  of  order  ceased,  the  march 
changing  into  a  selfish  ^ace  for  life.  The  butchery, 
which  at  first  was  the' work  of  a  few,  became  gen- 
eral ;  the  savages  murdered  helpless  women  and 
children,  and  tore  men  from  the  ranks,  and,  like 
wild  beasts,  fought  among  themselves  for  the  sick- 
ening prize  of  a  human  scalp. 

It  is  difficult  to  exonerate  Montcalm  from  all 
blame,  for  he  knew  the  nature  of  the  savages,  and 
their  treatment  of  the  sick  and  wounded  in  the  old 
fort  the  day  before,  and  still,  with  6,000  French  at 
command,  sent  only  300  to  protect  a  long  line  of 
men,  women,  and  children  from  wild  beasts,  thirst- 
ing for  their  blood.  The  number  that  perished  is 
unknown,  but  has  been  estimated  by  some  as  high 
as  1,500. 

Their  object  accomplished,  the  French  returned 
north,  leaving  the  fort  a  heap  of  smouldering  ruins, 
and  the  bones  of  the  English  bleaching  in  the  sun. 
Another  act  in  the  great  drama  of  the  Lake.    A 


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Lake  Gkorge. 

year  has  passed  away,  and  the  curtain  rises  on  a 
scene  of  wondrous  beauty.  The  same  old  moun- 
tains slope  down,  amphitheater-like,  around  the 
lake  ;  the  mists  of  midsummer  hang  over  the  land  ; 
martial  music  fills  the  air.  The  sound  of  bugles  and 
of  highland  pipes  echo  from  the  mountain  side,  and 
a  thousand  boats,  bearing  15,000  men,  in  all  the 
varied  colors  of  royal  court,  of  clan  and  forest,  with 
banners  waving,  and  hearts  beating  high  with  hope, 
move  away  down  the  glassy  lake. 

Thus,  on  the  morning  of  July  5th,  1758,  Aber- 
crombie  embarked  and  sailed  to  the  attack  of  Fort 
Ticonderoga.  On  the  following  day,  at  Trout-Brook, 
Lord  Howe  fell,  and  the  evening  of  the  9th  saw  the 
inglorious  return  of  the  defeated  army. 

The  following  year  Amherst  passed  the  same  way, 
capturing  Ticonderoga  and  Crown  Point,  and  driving 
the  French  into  Canada. 

Fort  William  Henry  is  described  as  square,  built 
of  pine  logs  covered  with  sand,  flanked  by  bastions 
at  the  four  comers,  and  surrounded  by  a  deep  ditch. 
The  ruins  are  in  the  sandy,  tree-covered  bluff  west 
of  the  railroad  depot,  between  it  and  the  Fort  Wil- 
liam Henry  Hotel.  The  outline  is  still  preserved, 
showing  the  form  of  the  old  fort,  nearly  square, 
flanked  on  the  west,  south,  and  a  part  of  the  east 
side,  by  a  ditch,  and  on  the  north  by  the  lake.  The 
"  Old  Fort  Well "  still  remains  near  the  east  side, 
partially  filled  with  stones  and  rubbish.  Just  where 
the  fence  which  now  incloses  the  grounds  on  the 
east  would  run,  if  continued  out  into  the  lake,  deep 
under  water,  is  the  old  Fort  dock.  Beyond  the 
dock  a  little  way,  may  be  seen,  on  a  still  day,  the 


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Fort  George. 

:harred  remains  of  an  old  hulk,  with  blackened  ribs 
and  keel  half  hidden  in  the  sand,  supposed  to  have 
been  one  of  the  number  sunk  by  Vaudreuil  in  Feb- 
ruary, 1757.  Shell  and  cannon  balls  have  been 
taken  from  it  at  different  times,  and  in  1820  two 
small  cannon  were  removed  from  the  wreck. 

FoRV  Gkorge  is  a  half-mile  east  of  old  Fort  Wil- 
liam Henry,  back  on  the  low  bluff,  around  which 
the  railroad  swings  as  it  turns  away  from  the  lake. 
It  was  built  in  1759,  ^Y  General  Amherst,  the  por- 
tion completed  being  but  a  bastion  of  what  was  then 
designed  for  an  extensive  fortification.  It  was  oc- 
cupied as  a  military  post  while  the  necessity  for  one 
lasted.  Commanded  (!)  in  1775  by  Capt.  John 
Nordberg,  "  in  a  little  cottage  as  a  Hermit  where  I 
was  very  happy  for  six  months ; "  taken  possession 
of  by  Col.  Bernard  Romans,  May  12  (two  days  after 
the  capture  of  Ticonderoga  by  Ethan  Allen),  and 
held  by  the  Americans  until  the  close  of  the  Revo 
lution.  It  is  now  but  a  great  heap  of  earth,  sloping 
ofT  from  the  edge  to  toward  the  centre  and  north 
held  in  place  by  the  walls,  which  are  quite  well  pre- 
served  on  the  east  side.  The  greater  portion  of  the 
stonework  has  been  removed,  and  burned  into  lime. 

On  the  table  land,  a  little  to  the  southwest  of  the 
fort,  was  the  old  entrenched  camp,  the  scene  of 
Dieskait'i  defeat  by  General  Johnson  in  1755. 


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Fort  William  Henry  Hotel,  William  Noble 
owner  and  proprietor,  H.  P.  C.  Johnson,  manager. 
Post  Office,  Lake  George.  Capacity  600.  Rates 
$4,00  to  I5.00  per  day  according  to  room. 

The  original  Fort  William  Henry  Hotel  was  built 
in  the  year  1854-5  by  a  stock  company,  of  which 
Thomas  Thomas  was  president,  and  opened  for 
guests  in  June  of  the  last  named  year,  with  Daniel 
Gale  as  manager.  The  architect  was  a  son  of  the 
president  of  the  company,  the  builder  Franklin  M. 
Wright  of  Glens  Falls.  The  original  structure  had 
a  front  of  200  feet  with  a  wing  extending  backward 
from  its  centre  130  feet,  and  was  four  stories  high 
with  basement.  In  1855  and  the  spring  of  1856  the 
front  was  extended  towards  the  e^st  making  it  as  it 
now  stands  with  a  total  frontage  of  334  feet.  In 
1865  Daniel  Gale  and  A.  C.  Joselin  purchased  the 
property  of  the  company,  Mr.  Gale  succeeding  as 
sole  owner  and  proprietor  two  years  later  and  con- 
tinuing in  the  management  until  August,  1868, 
when  he  sold  it  to  T.  Roessle  &  Son  of  Albany, 
for  $125,000.  During  the  following  winter  and 
ipring  the  house  was  remodeled  at  a  cost  of  about 
$200,000.  The  entire  structure  was  raised  26  feet 
making  room  for  the  basement  and  main  story,  the 
latter  with  ceilings  16  feet  high.  A  mansard  roof 
was  also  added  making  the  building  seven  stories 
high.  On  February,  1891,  Mr.  William  Noble  of 
the  Grenoble  Flats,  New  York  city,  purchased  the 
property  of  T.  E.  Roessle  the  surviving  partner. 

The  space  between  the  house  and  depot  is  rich  in 
history  and  tradition  and  was  once  the  centre  of  vast 
military  operations  which  brought  together  a  host 
(our  times  greater  than  could  now  find  quarters  in 
all  the  hotels  and  cottages  along  Lake  George's  teem 


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ing  shores.  Now,  winding  paths  lead  to  the  water, 
and  stately  pines  grow  on  the  ramparts  and  in  the 
trenches,  where,  of  old,  men  watched  for  the  savage 
foe  or  made  merry  around  the  barrack  fire. 

The  Lake  House,  H.  E.  Nichols,  proprietor,  is  on 
the  west  shore  between  the  water  and  the  main 
street  of  the  little  village  of  Caldwell.  Capacity 
300.     Open  June  isi. 

This  is  one  of  the  oldest  houses  of  Lake  George 
and  is  firmly  established  in  the  hearts  of  many  who 
are  as  regular  in  their  appearance  as  the  seasons. 
The  office  always  impresses  a  new  comer  with  the 
idea  that  he   has  unexpectedly  dropped  in  while  a 


LAKE  HOUIB,   LAKE  OKORCE,  N.  T. 

reception  is  in  progress,  as  it  is  a  favorite  gathering 
place  for  the  lady  guests  of  the  house.  It  is  at- 
tractive with  tasteful  decorations  and  a  paneled 
ceiling  of  native  woods,  while  an  ample  fireplace, 
ornate  in  terra  cotta,  gives  promise  of  a  cheery  com- 
fort of  a  chilly  evening  in  early  spring  or  late  sum 
mer  when  a  fire  may  be  a  welcome  addition. 
Within  the  office  is  telegraph   office  and   a  desk 


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with  pictures,  books,  and  periodicals.  The  piazzas, 
back  and  front,  give  choice  of  position  at  different 
hours  of  the  day.  All  along  the  front  extends  a 
double  line  of  thick-leaved  maples,  undcrand  tiirough 
whioh  is  displayed  a  charmingly  restful  view  of  vil- 
lage, church  and  mountain.  On  the  east  a  shaded 
lawn  slopes  down  to  the  water's  edge.  On  the 
grounds  are  four  comfortable  cottages,  two  of  which, 
standing  at  the  lake  shore,  with  balconies  that  al- 
most overhang  the  waters,  are  fine  specimens  of 
architecture.  Excursion  steamers  and  the  regular 
line  boats  all  land  at  the  dock. 

Mr.  Nichols,  the  proprietor,  is  well  known  to  Lake 
George  visitors,  having  served  here  in  the  capacity 
of  clerk  and  general  manager  for  some  time  He  is 
energetic  and  thorough  and  will  undoubtedly  hold 
the  Lake  House  where  it  has  stood  so  long,  a  favorite 
among  Lake  George  visitors.  North  of  the  Lake 
House  is  the  Warren  County  Court  House  and  jail. 
South  of  the  Lake  House  is  a  large  private  board- 
ing house  kept  by  Mrs.  J.  Quinlan  ;  rates,  $8  to  $io 
per  week;  will  accommodate  25. 

Central  Hotel  is  just  north  of  the  Lake  House, 
on  the  opposite  side  of  the  main  street.  It  is  sub- 
stantial, comfortable,  and  attractive,  and  is  open 
summer  and  winter.  An  omnibus,  free  to  guests, 
runs  to  all  trains  and  boats.  Board  $2  per  day  ;  $8 
to  $14  per  week.     Capacity  of  house   icx). 

The  "  Central  "  opens  under  new  management 
this  year  —  that  of  Stewart  D.  Brown,  son  of  the 
veteran  George  Brown,  whose  name  has  been  asso- 
ciated with  the  hotel  business  of  Lake  George  and 
French  Mountain  for  nearly  half  a  century.  The 
new  proprietor  in  addition  to  a  considerable  ex- 
perience, brings  youthful  push  and  energy  into  the 


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business  aHcJ  will  no  doubt  add  laurels  to  the  name. 
The  house  shows  marked  signs  of  modern  ideas  as 
a  result  of  the  general  overhauling  and   re-arrange- 


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1  RattlcRnakc  Cobble ;  1  Prospect  Mountain  House  ;  3  Fort  William  Henry 

Hotel '  4  R.  C.  Church  ;  s  Oarp«nter  House ;  6  Lake  Houae ; 

7  Court  Rouse  and  Jail ;  8  Central  House. 

ment  for  summer  guests  presenting  a  handsome  ap- 
pearance from  office  to  kitchen. 

The  Arlington,  just  south  of  the  Central  House, 
J.  T.  Bryant,  proprietor,  will  accommodate  about  60. 

Carpenter  House,  J.  H.  Carpenter,  proprietor. 
Capacity,  70.  Rates,  $2  per  day;  $7  to  $io  per 
week.  This  house  is  still  further  south  and  directly 
opposite  the  old  stone  store.  It  is  neat  and  orderly, 
and  will  accommodate  about  70  guests.  A  free 
stage  runs  to  trains  and  boats. 

Prospect  Mountain  rises  west  of  the  village, 
its  top  less  than  a  mile  in  an  air  line  from  where 
steamer  and  cars  exchange  their  crowds  of  passen. 
gers.  The  Mount  Ferguson  House  at  the  top  will, 
presumably,  furnish  refreshments  and  accommoda- 
tions as  heretofore. 

"  The  Old  Stone  Store,"  on  the  east  side  of 
Main  Street,  opposite  the  Carpenter  House,  is  a 
venerable  landmark,  known  for  years,  and  of  general 
interest  for  its  unique  collection  of  Japanese  goods 


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and  curios,  its  photogriiphs  and  books,  stationery  and 
artists'  materials ;  to  the  lover  of  a  good  cigar  for 
its  collection  of  various  brands  from  Park  &  Tilford, 
and  to  young  people  generally  as  headquarters  for 
fine  chocolate  and  mixed  candies.  It  also  con- 
tains a  drug  and 
prescription  de- 
partment in  care 
of  M.  As  her, 
Ph.G.,  of  New 
York.  Thejn-ro- 
prieior  is  Dr.  W. 
J.  Hunt,  a 
young  man  of 
sterling  quali- 
ties, popular 
with  resident 
and  visitor,  and  with  a  gratifying  and  steadily  grow 
ing  practice. 

D.  T.  Sands,  one  door  north  of  the  old  Stone 
Store,  is  a  young  merchant  of  promise  and  worthy  of 
patronage.  His  specialty  is  fancy  goods,  dress 
goods,  and  ladies'  shoes. 

C.  A.  &  E.  J.  West,  on  the  west  side  of  the  street 
need  no  commendation.  They  are  a  solid  firm  and 
deal  in  solid  goods,  staple  and  fancy,  with  unlimited 
groceries  and  canned  goods.  Camping  parlies  will 
do  well  to  make  a  note  of  this. 

The  Post  Office  is  on  the  west  side  of  the 
street,  a  short  distanc*  north  of  the  Central  Hotel. 

The  Ckosbyside  is  on  the  east  shore  opposite 
the  Lake  House.  Capacity  of  house  and  cottages 
about  200.  Rates  given  ott^^a£plication.  R.  C. 
Jenkins,  manager.  Steamers  land  at  the  dock  and 
an  omnibus  conveys  guests  to  and  from  all  trains 
Telegraph  in  the  office. 


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I  j,|j  Cottages  noticeably  prominent  along  shore,  north 

of  Ciosbyside,  belong  severally  to  Mrs.  M,  S.  Stock- 
well  ;  Rev.  James  P.  Wilson,  of  Newark;  Mrs. 
Henry  L.  Gregg;  Matthew  Wilson,  the  artist ;  Mr.«i. 
Dr.  Wm.  A.  Brown  ;  and  N.  H.  Bishop,  canoeist  and 
author.  The  sharply-gabled  cottage,  on  the  higher 
open  ground,  is  Montclaire  Terrace. 

Steamboats. — The  steamboat  service  on  the  lake 
is  thorough,  convenient,  and  satisfactory  to  the  pub- 
lic generally.  The  "  line  "  boats  belong  to  the  Lake 
Champlain  Transportation  Company,  Capt.  George 
Rushlow,  General  Agent,  with  office  at  Burlington, 
Vt.  The  boats  on  lake  George  and  Lake  Cham- 
plain  (connected  by  train  be*-ween  the  two)  form  a 
continuous  day  line  through  the  two  lakes.  The 
Lake  George  boats  are  the  '*  Horicon  "  and  the 
"  Ticonderoga." 

The  Horicon  (side-wheel  steamer),  was  built  at 
the  old  landing  near  the  outlet  in  1876,  re-built  at 
Baldwin  in  1890.  It  is  of  fine  model,  graceful  poise, 
and  can  run  20  miles  an  hour  under  favorable  con- 
ditions. The  length  of  keel  is  196  feet  (?03  over 
all),  8rV  feet  hold,  and  30^^  beam  (about  52  feet  wide 
overall).  It  is  of  643  tons  burden,  and  privileged  to 
carry  looo  passengers.  Three  staterooms  are  pro- 
vided for  guests  or  passengers,  and  arrangements  arc 
made  for  dining  such  as  desire  it.  The  saloon  oc- 
cupies the  entire  breadth  of  the  boat  between  the 
wheel-houses,  and  is  108  feet  long,  finished  in  but- 
ternut and  black  walnut  and  lighted  with  ground 
glass  of  two  designs.  Captain  J.  D.  Reeves,  com- 
mander. 

The  Horicon  leaves  Caldwell  at  about  9:30  A.  M.^ 
on  arrival  of  the  train  from  the  Hudson  River  night 
boats  and  touching  at  the  various  landings  reaches 


Lake  George. 


17 


Baldwin  about  noon,  where  pasrengers  are  trans- 
ferred  by  rail  to  the  Champlain  boat  at  Fort  Ticon- 
deroga,  on  which  they  may  proceed  northward,  or 
may  return  south  by  rail  via  Whitehall.  In  the 
afternoon  the  Horicon  returns  from  Baldwin  con- 
necting at  Caldwell  with  train  south  to  the  night 
boats  at  Troy  and  Albany. 

The  Ticonderoga  (side-wheel  steamer),  was  built 
at  the  company's  ship  yard  near  the  outlet,  and 
launched  August  23,  1883.  Its  dimensions  are  172 
feet  in  length  over  all,  28  feet  beam  and  9  feet  hold.- 
The  greatest  width  at  guards  is  46  feet,  ordinary* 
draft  v.hen  loaded  4%  feet.  Its  interior  finish  is  of 
native  woods  and  its  general  arrangement  like  that 
of  the  Horicon.  Captain  Richard  Arbuckle,  com- 
mander. 

The  Ticonderoga  leaves  Baldwin  at  7:30  in  the 
morning,  touching  at  the  principal  landings  and 
reaches  Caldwell  to  connect  with  midday  trains  for 
the  south.  On  arrival  of  trains  from  the  south  at 
about  4:30  F.  M.,  the  Ticonderoga  returns  to  Bald- 
win, touching  when  required  along  the  'vay.  Fare 
eithe"-  boat  $1.50.  Tickets  are  good  for  passage 
through  the  lake  and  return  the  same  day  without 
addition  to  the  price. 

The  Island  Queen,  a  small  excursion  stean^er, 
trim  and  fast,  built  in  1890,  makes  morning  and 
afternoon  trips  from  Caldwell  to  Paradise  Bay,  land- 
ing at  intermediate  points.  Fare  50  cents.  Round 
trip  one  dollar.  Captain,  Everett  Harrison ;  Pilot, 
Moses  Finkle.  This  boat  is  90  feet  long,  18  feet 
beam,  4^  feet  draft. 

Small  steamers  may  be  chartered  at  from  $15.00 
to  I25.OO  per  day. 


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Lake  Georgb. 


Roads  and  Drives. — Not  alone  is  Lake  George 
to  be  enjoyed  from  the  water.  Its  drives  are  many 
and  delightful.  Livery  rigs,  luxurious,  stylish,  and 
sensible,  can  be  had  here  at  Lake  George,  at  reason- 
able prices,  considering  the  stock  which  has  to  be 
carried  through  to  accomodate  the  limited  season. 
The  finest  are  to  be  found  at  the  stables  of  H.  R. 
Levens  &  Co.,  at  the  Fort  William  Henry  Hotel, 
and  may  be  called  by  telephone  from  any  house 
about  the  head  of  the  lake. 

The  most  picturesque  road,  and  one  in  which  the 
"  lake  is  the  ever-present  and  ever-varying  feature,  is 
along  the  west  shore  to  Bolton,  which  may  cow 
tinned  up  past  north-west  bay  and  iiid  aaitely 
among  the  mountains  beyond.  The  undesirable 
feature  is  its  sand,  which  makes  the  wheeling  heavy 
a  portion  of  the  way,  but  not  to  such  an  extent  as 
to  be  an  unsurmountable  objection.  Lateral  roads 
lead  from  this  up  the  western  hills  and  offer  a  variety 
of  interesting  if  somewhat  laborious  ways. 

The  drive  along  the  beach  and  down  the  east 
shore  is  an  interesting  one  for  thcje  who  enjoy  woods 
and  partially  cultivated  country.  It  passes  by  the 
ruins  of  Fort  George  Hotel,  Crosbyside  and  a  num- 
ber of  very  pretty  summer  cottages  and  the  Con- 
vent of  the  Paulist  Fathers,  "  St.  Mary's  of  the 
Lake  "  rising  finally  to  the  cleared  space  around  th< 
north  side  of  French  Mountain  to  overlook  a  great 
expanse  of  the  lake.  A  branch  road  may  be  fol- 
lowed along  shore  to  Lake  George  Park,  on 
Dunman's  Bay,  notable  as  the  summer  place  of 
Edward  Eggleston. 

The  drive  on  the  plank  road  to  Warrensburgh,  six 
miles  north,  where  the  Schroon  Rivef  Is  crossed,  is 


Lake  George.  19 

delightful,  because  of  its  shade.  The  ascent  is 
gradual,  rising  through  a  picturesque  notch  between 
the  mountains  by  the  side  of  a  babbling  brook.  The 
road  bed  is  excellent  for  driving  and  usually  as 
smooth  and  hard  as  an  iron-like  sand,  quarried  along 
the  road,  ran  make  it. 

The  road  to  Prospec  Mountain  and  the  Mount 
Ferguson  House  on  one  of  its  summits  seen  promi- 
nently at  the  west,  yields  an  interesting  wood  and 
field  excursion  and  a  grand  prospect  when  the  top 
is  reached.  There  are  two  passable  ways  of  reaching 
it,  by  the  "  old  road,"  which  is  generally  preferred, 
going  by  the  way  of  the  Warrenburgh  road  to  the 
first  toll-gate,  thence  west  around  the  mountain,  ap- 
proaching the  summit  point  finally  from  the  south- 
west,  by  which  the  ascent  is  gradual,  or  by  the  "new 
road,"  which  leads  past  the  old  Indian  encampment 
and  by  a  steep  but  shorter  way  arrives  at  the  sum- 
mit  from  the  south.  From  the  observatory  here 
fully  one-half  of  the  lake  can  be  seen,  and  the  main 
peaks  of  the  Adirondacks  easily  distinguishable  by 
one  who  knows  them  by  their  outlies.  Refreshments 
can  be  had  here,  and  satisfactory  accommodations 
for  those  who  may  wish  to  stop  over  night. 

The  most  interesting  drive,  all  things  considered, 
of  any  at  Lake  George  is  the  plank  road  south 
through  French  Mountain  Pass,  over  the  historic 
"  Dark  and  Bloody  Ground  "  to  Glens  Falls. 

Fort  Gage  stood  on  the  hill  that  rises  west  of 
the  road  about  one  mile  south  and  just  beyond 
where  the  road  from  Fort  George  joins  the  plank 
road.  The  lines  of  earthworks  may  still  be  traced 
through  the  pines  that  now  cover  them.    The  slope 


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Lake  George. 


was  cleared  of  all  timber  down  to  the  water's  edge  at 
the  time  of  Abercrombie's  advance  in  1758. 

Bloodv  Pond  is  a  mile  farther,  at  the  left  of  the 
road  and  between  it  and  the  railroad.  It  is  simply 
a  stagnant  pool  that  in  the  early  part  of  the  season 
is  nearly  covered  with  lily-pads  and  great  white  pond- 
lilies,  and  in  the  summer  becomes  almost  dry.  It 
is  said  that  a  party  of  the  French  (after  driving  the 
English  into  their  fortified  camp  at  Lake  George, 
and  being  driven  back  in  turn),were  seated  around  the 
pond  at  sunset,  was  partaking  of  their  evening  meal, 
when  they  were  surprised  by  a  party  of  English  ad- 
vancing from  Fort  Edward,  who  poured  in  upon 
them  a  destructive  fire.  Totally  routed,  they  fled  in 
confusion,  leaving  their  dead  and  wounded  on  the 
field..  The  dead  were  thrown  into  the  pond  by  the 
English,theirblood  turning  the  water  red.from  which 
circumstance  it  received  its  name. 
Williams'  Monument  is  about  three  milessouth 
of  the  lake,  and  west  of  the 
plank  road.  It  is  a  plain  mar- 
ble shaft,  blue  and  white, 
standing  on  a  huge  bowlder, 
which  is  itself  inclosed  within 
an  iron  fence.  It  was  erected 
in  1854  by  the  graduates  of 
WilliamLi'  College,  in  memory 
of  the  founder  of  that  institu- 
tion. On  it  are  inscriptions 
in  Latin,  to  show  the  learning 
of  those  who  erected  it,  and 
in  English,  telling  what  it  is  all  about.  From  it  we 
learn  that  it  was  "  Erected  to  the  memory  o/CoiXi^^l. 
Ephraim  Williams,  a  native  of  Newtown,  Mass. 


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Lake  George. 


who,  after  gallantly  defending  tlie  frontier  of  his 
native  State,  served  under  General  Johnson  against 
the  French  and  Indians,  and  nobly  fell  near  this  spot, 
in  the  bloody  conflict  of  September  8,  175s,  in  the  4.2d 
year  of  his  age. 

The  old  military  road  ran  along  on  the  hill  just 
above  this  spot,  identical  with  the  country  road  that 
is  there  now.  A  little  way  south  of  the  monument, 
on  this  road,  inclosed  by  an  iron  railing  is  a  rude 
stone  slab,  supposed  to  mark  the  place  where  Col. 
Williams  was  buried.   The  stone  bears  the  inscription 

E.  W. 

1776. 

COk.  tPHRAIM  WILLIAMS. 

The  drive  continued  south  passes  French  Moun- 
tain, with  its  ancient  and  once  celebrated  Half-Way 
House,  to  Glens  Falls,  10  miles  from  Lake  George. 

Glens  Falls  is  the  metropolis  of  Northern  New 
York.  It  is  the  market  and  source  of  supplies  of  a 
large  tract  of  rich,  outlying  country  and  of  the 
northern  Adirondack  Wilderness.  It  is  high  and 
dry  and  delightful  with  shaded  streets  and  a  core  of 
solid  business  blocks  that  rivals  the  city  in  appear- 
ance. 

It  has  eight  churches;  a  union  free-school  of 
splendid  attainment?  :  an  academy,  almost  collegiate 
in  its  course ;  an  opera  iiouse  of  fine  appearance 
and  appointments ;  numerous  civic  societies  of  vary- 
ing objects;  a  military  company  (the  i8th  Separate) 
of  high  rank,  a  salvation  army  (small,  but  mighty 
of  voice),  electric  street  cars  (running  also  to 
Ft.  Edward  and  Sandy  Hill),  an  excellent  water 
system,  uniformed  police,  electric  lights,  (arc 
and  incandescent)  with  other  modern  necessi- 
ties,   and    ten    thousand    inhabitants,    who    live 


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mostly  in  houses  of  their  own,  and  who  are  justly 
proud  of  the  wide-awake  town  from  which  they  hail. 

The  place  was  known  to  the  Indians  as  "  Che-pon- 
tuc,"  meaning  a  difficult  place  to  get  around.  In 
1762  a  patent  of  Queensbury  was  granted  to  several 
of  "our  loving  subjects"  by  George  III,  a  large 
proportion  of  which  patent  was  purchased  by  Abra- 
ham Wing,  who  erected  a  grist  and  saw-mill  at  the 
falls.  Later,  Wing  sold  his  birthright  for  a  mess 
of  pottage — or  to  speak  plainly — transferred  his  right 
and  title  to  the  name  to  a  Col.  Johannes  Glenn  for 
the  price  of  a  "  wine  supper"  which  the  latter  paid, 
and  the  name  was  changed  to  "  Glenn's  "  Falls. 

Of  course  you  did  not  come  to  Lake  George  with- 
out something  extra  in  your  purse  and  Glens  Falls 
will  give  you  as  fair  an  equivalent  for  that  "  extra  " 
as  any  city  in  the  country.  Upwards  of  50  stores — 
some  of  them  models  of  elegance — supply  the  visitor 
with  necessary  or  f  Aicy  articles  unlimited,  and  those 
who  may  need  anything,  from  an  organ  to  an  octo- 
pus, can  usually  have  their  wishes  gratified  here. 
To  that  end  you  are  respectfully  referred  to  the  ap- 
pendix, where  almost  every  branch  of  trade  and  in- 
dustry is  represented  by  the  cards  of  responsible 
firms. 

If  you  would  remain  over  night  or  for  a  dinner 
only,  you  may  find  hotels  clean,  wholesome  and  at. 
tractive.  The  Rockwell  House,  on  Fountain  Square, 
is  the  leading  hotel  and  recognized  as  one  of  the 
best-kept  houses  in  the  State.  It  is  very  complete 
in  all  its  appointments,  provides  an  excellent  table, 
and  is  thoroughly  worthy  of  the  very  liberal  patron- 
age it  receives.  Rates  $3  per  day,  $14  to  $21  per 
week.     C.  L.  Rockwell,  proprietor. 


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Lake  George. 


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The  American  Hotel,  Monument  Square  is  sub- 
stantial and  well  ordered  and  enjoys  a  reputation  for 
excellent  fare  and  accommodations  equaled  by  very 
few  of  the  high  priced  houses  of  the  country.  Free 
bus  to  all  trains.  Rates,  $2.00  per  day.  George 
Pardo,  proprietor. 

The  Van  Cott  House  is  on  South  St.  Rates,  $2 
per  day.  W.  H.  Van  Cott,  e.x-County  Clerk  and  good 
fellow  generally,  proprie- 
tor. The  Granger  house 
is  near  the  fair  ground. 
Rates,    1 1. 00    per     day.  _^^ 

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GLENS   FALLS   INSURANCE   BUILDING. 


prietor  the  one,  only  and  original  *'  Marcus,"  There 
are  other  hotels  with  a  well  established  clientage  and 
at  reasonable  prices. 

The  Glens  Falls  Insurance  Company,  located  here, 
has  through  its  agencies  made  the  name  of  its  birth- 


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place  familiar  from  Maine  to  Mexico.  Organized  in 
1849,  it  has  attained  to  national  prominence  and  a 
reputation  as  one  of  the  soundest  institutions  of  the 
kind  in  existence.  As  a  fact,  many  a  Lake  George 
tourist  knows  more  about  this  company  and  its  of- 
ficers than  about  the  beautiful  village  after  which  it 
was  named.  Its  new  building  just-  completed  on 
Monument  Square  is  substantial,  convenient  and  be- 
coming as  the  headquarters  of  a  prosperous  institu- 
tion that  never  failed  in  its  obligations  and  never 
made  a  mistake.  Such  is  its  reputation  and  record. 
The  officers  of  the  company  are  J,  L.  Cunningham, 
president ;  R.  A.  Little,  secretary. 

Joseph  Fowler  &  Co.,  gives  employment  to  a  large 
number  of  operatives.  The  factory  on  Glen  St., 
between  Monument  and  Fountain  Squares  is  a  very 
bee-hive  of  industry,  well  worth  inspecting.  Here 
are  made  all  kinds  of  silk  and  flannel,  satine  and 
plain  white  shirts  with  collars  and  cuffs  almost  be- 
yond number.  The  firm  enjoys  a  reputation  among 
dealers  for  producing  high  grade  products  with  a 
superior  finish,  the  pure  soft  mountain  water  with 
which  it  is  supplied  making  perfect  laundrying  a 
possibility. 

Van  Wagner  &  Norris,  in  Opera  House  Block,  make 
a  specialty  of  fine  custom  work.  Fine  flannel  and 
silk  goods,  neglige  shirts  and  the  countless  necessa- 
ries of  the  well-dressed  man,  fully  equipped  for  his 
summer  outing  can  be  had  here.  The  firm  is  re- 
liable, the  work  staunch  and  serviceable. 

The  "  Canopy-top  Buckboard,"  manufactured 
here,  is  celebrated    from   Maine   to   Mexico.     The 


24 


Lake  George, 


"Time  Globe,"  invented  by  L.  P.  Juvet,  of  this 
town,  is  known  of  scientific  men  in  two  hemispheres 
The  Glens  Falls  Terra-Cottaand  BrickCo.,amile 
north  of  the  village,  employ  upwards  of  lOO  men  in 
the  manufacture  of  red  and  buff  pressed  and  molded 
brick  and  architectural  terra-cotta  for  exterior  and 
interior  ornamentation.  They  own  extensive  beds 
of  marl  and  clay  lying  near,  and  a  patent  process 
for  combining  the  same  in  a  manner  resulting  in 
works  of  superior  beauty  and  finish.  J.  M.  Coolidge 
is  president  of  the  company,  and  Charles  Scales  su- 
perintendent. 

Come  with  me  down  the  Big  Hill  to  the  falls, 
You  can  see  the  mists  that  hang  over  the  gulf  and 
hear  the  sounds  of  its  waters.  Noisy  mills  now  com- 
pass it  about,  and  the  rythmic  sob  of  many  saws 
,  mingle  with  its  dull  roar  that  never  ends.  A  grace 
ful  new  bridge  erected  by  the  Berlin  Bridge  Com- 
pany, reaches  out  to  the  island  from  the  north  shore, 
while  a  stone  arch  spans  the  gulf  at  the  south.  At 
the  south  end  of  the  long  bridge,  steps  lead  down 
to  the  Hat  rock,  and  near  the  lower  end  where  it  is 
notched  and  broken  out,  you  may  climb  down  to  the 
level  of  the  water,  and  enter  the  cave  made  memor- 
able by  Cooper  in  his  "  Last  of  the  Mohicans." 

In  the  dry  season  the  volume  of  waiter  is  confined 
within  the  channels  worn  deep  on  either  side,  or 
finds  its  way  in  rivelets  down  across  the  pitted  but- 
tresses of  black  rock.  Here  the  ledges,  which  in  the 
spring  freshets  are  covered  with  a  foaming  torrent,  are 
worn  smooth  almost  as  polished  marble.  Na'ural 
stairways  lead  in  places  to  the  top,  and  at  intervals, 
holes  in  the  rock,  round  and  deep,  are  filled  with 
wa*er,  with,  possibly ,at  the  bottom  a  remnant  of  the 


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stone  that  under  the  action  of  the  waters  has  worn 
itself  away  in  vain  turninjjs  about  in  its  deepening 
prison.  One  of  these  holes  called  the  "  Devil's 
Punch  Bowl,"  is  about  six  feet  in  diameter  and 
the  same  in  depth. 
On  either  side  are  saw  mills  that  have  contributed 

to  the  town's  pros- 
perity, full  of  life 
and    action    at 
times,  at  others — 
and  that  too  often 
— stilled    by  sum" 
mer's  diought  or 
spring-time  flood. 
On  all   sides    are 
lumber  piles.  They 
line  the  banks  of 
the    river    away 
above.    They  wall 
in     the     canal 
alonjj  up  to  where, 
at  the  "Feeder 
Dam,"    are    more 
saw    mills    and 
more  lumber  piles 
It   is  estimated  that  the  sawing 
capacity  of  these  mills  is  600,000 
standard  logs   per  annum.     This 
means  120,000,000  feet  of  lumber, 
or    30,636^^  "liles    of    boards 
eight  incheo  wide.     If  laid  end  to 
end   they  would   extend    around 
the   earth   with    a    long    lap    to 
spare,  and   in  seven  years  lay  a  good  plank  walk 


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Lake  George. 


to  the  moon,  with  no  end  of  lath  and  slabs  to 
throw  at  erratic  asteroids  or  troublesome  comets. 

The  lime  business  is  next  in  importance  to 
lumber.  In  quantity  manufactured  it  is  equalled  in 
the  United  S  .es  only  by  Rockland,  Me.,  and  in 
point  of  quality  stands  at  the  head.  The  best  rock 
yields,  when  calcined,  from  ninety-five  to  ninety- 
eight  per  cent,  of  the  purest  and  whitest  lime  to  be 
found  on  the  continent.  It  is  used  extensively  by 
tanners,  bleachers  of  cotton  goods  and  manufactur- 
ers of  paper,  wire,  gas,  glass,  etc.  The  lime  rock  is 
embraced  in  an  area  of  not  more  than  250  acres,  be- 
ginning at  the  head  of  the  falls,  and  extending  in  a 
narrow  belt  on  either  side  for  perhaps  near  a  mile 
down  the  river,  the  strata  dipping  slightly  toward 
the  south,  and  disappearing  under  the  hill  along 
that  side.  For  a  depth  of  about  *^'^\rty  feet  it  lies  in 
thin  strata,  then  comes  a  strati  f  grey  marble, 
from  two  to  three  feet  in  thickr  nd  under  this 

the  solid  black  marble,  twelve  feet  thick.  This  is 
almost  a  pure  carbonate  of  lime  ;  in  its  nativ  estate 
of  a  bluish  grey  ;  calcined,  it  is  whiter  than  snow. 
The  tunnel  on  the  south  side  from  which  the  rock 
has  been  recently  taken  extends  a  considerable 
•  distance  into  the  hill — a  vast  room  with  rock-roof, 
supported  by  many  massive  columns,  and  well  worth 
a  visit.  Lime  was  first  burned  here  about  the  year 
1820,  by  Powell  Shaw,  then  simply  for  home  con- 
sumption.  It  was  first  manufactured  and  shipped 
to  an  outside  market  (Troy)  by  K.  P.  Cool,  in 
1832. 

Lime  Kilns— clouds  by  day  and  pillars  of  fire  at 
night,  are  below  the  falls.  They  are  of  the  patent 
or  "perpetual"  kind,  with    a    burning    capacity 


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of  100  barrels  each  per  day  Two  sets  of 
hanv's  are  required  to  attend  to  them,  the  fires 
running  night  and  d\y.  There  arc  thirty  of  these 
lime-kilns.     They  are  well  worth  visiting. 

T.  .S.  Coolidge  is  the  general  agent.  Sub-agents 
are  appointed  in  the  various  cities.  About  500  men 
are  employed  in  this  industry.  Tlie  average  pro- 
duction for  the  past  twenty  years  has  been  450,000 
barrels  per  annum,  of  which  200,000  are  shipped 
annually  to  New  York. 

The  black  marble  (which  is  the  purest  carbonate 
of  lime  in  the  world,  with  perhaps  the  exception  of 
the  Irish  and  Belgian  marble),  in  its  native  state, 
is  of  a  dark  blue  ;  wet,  it  becomes  black  ;  polished, 
it  shines  like  jet.  Blocks  are  quarried  as  large  as 
four  feet  square  and  nine  feet  long.  It  is  sawed 
into  slabs  for  tiles,  table  tops,  mantels,  interior 
decorations  and  ornamental  work.  There  are  two 
mills  here  that  saw  the  stone.  See  them  saw  and 
note  hov/,  under  dripping  water  and  sand,  the 
toothless  saws  eat  their  way  through  the  solid  rock. 

Wood  pulp  is  manufactured  in  a  large  mill  near 
the  south  end  of  the  bridge,  and  vast  quantities  of 
wood  that  until  recently,  was  considered  almost 
valueless,  now  find  its  way  in,  in  logs  and  comes  out 
in  thick  sheets  to  be  turned  into  paper  in  the  ad- 
joining  mill. 

The  paper  mill  on  the  south  side  of  the  river  has 
the  perfected  machinery  of  the  day  and  reels  off 
broad  ribbons  of,  paper  a  mile  or  more  in  length. 
The  kind  made  is  the  kind  used  by  the  newspapers, 
and  the  fact  that  it  is  used  by  the  Troy  Times,  the 
Brooklyn  Eagle  and  the  New  York  Sun  foves  its 
remarkable  political  flexibility. 


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DOWN   THE   LAKE. 


Note.  —  By  aid  of  accompanying  large  map,  and 
the  outline  cuts  distributed  through  the  book,  the 
reader  should  have  no  difficulty  in  locating  all 
points  of  interest  seen  from  the  steamboats.  Trav- 
elers from  the  north  should  read  paragraphs  as  num- 
bered in  reverse  order,  beginning  at  Ticondcroga. 
"  East "  and  '*  west "  indicate  side  to  look  from  the 
channel  usually  taken  by  the  steamboat.  Distances 
given  are  air-line  distances  from  Caldwell,  unless 
stated  differently. 

1.  From  the  south.  The  outreaching  point 
from  the  west  terminates  in  Tea  Island,  about  a 
mile  distant  (see  outline  cut) ;  over  this  is  Tongue 
Mountain ;  a  little  at  the  right,  the  round  top  of 
Shelving  Rock ;  about  two  miles  beyond  Tea 
Island,  at  the  right,  is  Diamond  Island ;  beyond 
this,  partially  hidden  by  it,  is  Long  Island ;  st  its 
right  edge  is  West  Point.  About  two  miles  away, 
on  the  right,  is  Plum  Point ;  on  the  high  ground,  a 
little  nearer,  the  summer  place  of  the  Paulist  Fath- 
ers. Still  nearer,  among  the  trees,  is  Crosbyside. 
Over  the  beach,  at  the  east,  is  the  Fort  George 
Hotel;  and  back  toward  the  south,  the  ruins  of 
the  old  fort'.  Toward  the  west  is  Prospect  Moun- 
tain, and  at  its  base  along  the  weit  shore,  is  the 
village  of  Caldwell,  known  to  the  postal  department 
as  Lake  George. 

>  2.     Tea  Island  (west)  is  a  little  gem   of  an 
island,  somewhat  resembling  the  crater  erf  an  «x- 


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tinct  volcano,  with  the  rim  broken  away  on  the  east 
side,  forming  a  beautiful  harbor  in  miniature. 

Tradition  says  Abercrombie  buried  gold  and  val- 
u  vbles  here  ;  and  a  goodly  share  of  the  surface  has 
been  dug  over,  at  different  times,  by  the  treasure 
seeker — some  one  suggested  that  the  digging  was 
for  fish-worms,  but  the  idea  is  too  absurd  to  be  en- 
tertained for  a  moment. 

The  handsome  building  on  the  west  side,  one  mile 
from  the  depot,  is  the  residence  of  W.  J.  Price,  of 
New  York.  A.  D.  F.  Randolph,  poet  and  publisher, 
'-as  a  modest  cottage  among  the  trees  west  of  Tea 

land.  Rev.  Dr.  Butler,  of  Philadelphia,  is  near  by. 
"lev.  Dr.  Tuttle  occupies  a  cottage  near  the  shore, 
north  of  Tea  Island.  Price  Manor,  residence  of  the 
late  Col.  W.  W.  Price,  is  on  high  land,  two  miles 
from  the  depot.  The  octagon  building,  at  the 
waters  edge,  is  not  a  light-house. 

3.  St.  Mary's  of  the  Lake  (east),  a  mile 
north  of  Crosbyside,  in  a  grove  of  young  trees,  is 
the  summer  place  of  the  Paulist  Fathers.  This  so- 
ciety is  composed  of  priests,  whose  work  is  chiefly 
that  of  missionaries,  something  akin  to  that  of  the 
old  Jesuits.  Their  convent  is  in  New  York,  pre- 
sided over  by  its  founder,  the  Rev.  Father  Hecker. 
The  Paulists  also  own  Harbor  Island,  and  camp 
there  a  portion  of  the  year. 

4.  Plum  Point  (east),  a  half-mile  north  of  con- 
vent, received  its  name,  it  is  said,  because  of  the 
large  quantity  of  plums  raised  here.  The  casual, 
observer  will  see  no  plums,  and  may  not  see  •"he 
point  of  this.    (Mild  joke.) 

6.  Dunham's  Bay  opens  up  on  the  right.  At 
its  head  is  Lake  George  Park.     Edward  Eggleston 


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the  stalwart  author,  lecturer,  and  divine,  has  a  cot- 
tage here. 

6.  Diamond  Island  (west),  near  the  centre  of 
the  lake  and  three  miles  from  its  head,  was  so 
named  because  of  the  quartz  crystals  found  upon 
its  surface.  It  was  fortified  and  used  as  a  military 
depot  by  Burgoyne,  after  his  capture  of  Ticonder- 
oga  in  1777,  and  the  same  year  was  the  scene  of  an 
engagement  between  the  forces  then  in  possession 
(the  English)  and  a  party  of  Americans  under  Col. 
John  Brown,  vrhich  resulted  in  the  defeat  of  the  lat- 
ter. In  1820  it  was  occupied  by  a  family  who 
gained  a  living  by  the  sale  of  crystals  found  there. 
East  of  it  are  t\"/o  nameless  little  pyramids  of  broken 
rocks,  which  go  to  make  up  the  220  islands  of  the 
lake. 

7.  Cramer's  Point  (west,  2^^  miles  from  Cald- 
well). It  is  said  that  this  was  an  island,  when  the 
islands  all  belonged  to  the  state  ;  but  a  former 
owner  of  the  adjoining  shore  looked  upon  it  with 
longing  eyes ;  and  one  night  the  kind  waves,  or 
something  equally  efficacious,  filled  up  the  inter- 
vening space  with  earth  ;  the  island  and  the  shore 
clasped  hands  across  the  muddy  chasm  ;  the  twain 
were  made  one  flesh,  and  no  law  was  found  to  put 
them  asunder.  At  the  west  is  the  tasteful  villa  of 
George  H.  Cramer,  of  Troy. 

8.  The  Antlers  (west  3;^),  Jerome  Burton, 
proprietor.  Capacity  100.  Rates  $2  per  day  ;  $8 
to  |i2  per  week.  P.  O.,  Hill  View.  House  com- 
pleted and  opened  for  1891. 

9.  Reid's  Rock  is  just  north  of  Cannon  Point 
(west,  35^  miles).  A  man  named  Reid,  whose  love 
for  rum  had  taken  him  across  the   lake  one  stormy 


34 


Lake  George. 


night  in  late  autumn,  was  found  on  this  rock,  in  the 
morning,  frozen  stiff,  and  covered  with  ice  from  the 
dashing  spray. 

10.  Orcut  Bay  is  entered  between  Reid's 
Rock  and  Cannon  Point.  "  The  Healing  Spring  " 
is  just  over  the  ridge,  west  of  this  bay,  and  may  be 
reached  along  shore  from  Caldwell.  The  visitor 
should  see  this  spring,  and  talk  with  its  honest,  odd 
owner,  "  Uncle  Joe,"  as  he  is  universally  called, 
who  has  firm  faith  in  the  efficacy  of  the  water  to 
cure  all  the  ills  that  flesh  is  heir  to. 

1 1.  Diamond  Point  (west  4  miles)  comes  next 
The  quartz  here,  like  that  of  Diamond  Island,  oc- 
casionally yields  very  pretty  crystals.  Sampson 
Paul,  an  Indian,  who  flourished  over  half  a  century 
ago,  once  killed  a  panther  with  a  common  fishing- 
spear,  here,  as  the  poor  brute  was  coming  out  of  the 
water  benumbed  with  cold. 

12.  Diamond  Point  House  (west,  4;^  miles), 
John  Coolidge,  proprietor.  Capacity,  about  50. 
Large  boats  do  vtpt  land.  Reached  by  wagon  from 
Caldwell,  or  by  small  steamers.     P.  O.,  Hill  View. 

13.  Canoe  Islands  (west,  4/^  miles),  east  of 
Diamond  Point  House,  about  midway  between  it 
and  Long  Island.  Here  the  American  Canoe  As- 
sociation was  organized  in  1880.  The  islands  are 
owned  by  N.  H.  Bishop,  and  others. 

14.  Long  Island  is  the  largest  island  at  Lake 
George,  being  something  more  than  a  mile  in 
length.  The  deed  by  which  it  was  transferred  by 
King  George  to  private  parties,  bears  date  of  July 
4,  1770.  The  house  near  its  centre  is  the  summer 
place  of  its  owner,  Dr.  D.  S.  San  ford,  of  New  York. 


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15.  Assembly  Point  (right,  4%  miles  from  Cald- 
well), known  for  years  as  West  Point,  has  been  re- 
christened  with  a  new  name  as  above.  The  Lake 
George  Assembly,  organized  in  1888,  is  an  associa- 
tion  owning  or  controlling  about  100  acres  of  land 
here.  The  resident  trustee  is  Dr.  D.  S.  Sanford, 
and  its  establishment  is  due  almost  entirely  to  the 
exertions  of  that  tireless  worker,  who  sums  up  the 
objects  and  aims  of  the  community  in  a  nut-shell, 
as  follows : 

"  Its  plan  is  three-fold,— Recreation,  Reason,  Re- 
ligion. Its  scope  is  to  blend  these  three  R's. 
While  we  are  recreatingly  rusticating  we  may  also 
reason  reasonably  and  reveal  religion  in  the  every, 
day  life.  It  will  attain  its  end  by  encouraging 
everything  that  is  manly,  noble  and  healthful  in 
sport,  by  interesting  lectures  from  interesting  men 
every  Tuesday,  Thursday  and  Saturday  at  4  o'clock, 
free  (never  more  than  an  hour  in  length),  and 
through  Sunday  services  (11  A.  M.  and  4  P.  M.),  by 
eminent  divines,  stimulate  the  desire  1  o  live  a  nobler, 
better  and  purer  life.  A  number  of  tents  have  been 
provided  for  rental  at  reasonable  figures.  Parties 
furnishing  their  own  tenting  outfits  may  camp 
within  the  grounds  at  10  cents  per  day— children, 
God  bless  them  !  nothing.  A  store  and  restaurant 
is  on  the  ground— no  extortions  permitted.  Lots 
are  for  sale  to  approved  purchasers  only,  subject  to 
such  rules  and  regulations  and  restrictions  as  will 
best  conserve  the  comfort,  happiness  and  convenience 
of  congenial  families  that  we  hope  to  gather  in  a 
homelike  colony  here,  where  Mrs.  Grundy  and  other 
fashionable  follies  have  small  part,  and  where  Mrs. 
Ostentation  and  Mrs.  Extravagance  are  altogether 


II 


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36 


Lake  George. 


absent.  If  you  are  law-abiding,  order-loving  and 
Sabbath-respecting,  be  one  of  us.  If  you  are  not, 
don't." 


VIBW    NORTH    FROM    NKAK    JIMMUNI)    l-IANU. 

Oumc  Island  ;  3  Houth  Island  ;  3  SIhUmik  Kock  Mountain  ;  4  Long  Iibnd  , 
'  Black  Moun'Hin  ;  6  Buck  Mountain  :  7  Pilot  Mountain  ;  8  As  embly  Point. 

"  The  Brooklyn,"  William  M.  Frommell,  proprie- 
tor, is  at  Assembly  Point.     Rates  on  application. 

16.  HoRicoN  Lodge  (right,  5^  miles  by 
steamer),  George  A.  Ferris,  manager.  Capacity  100. 
$2.00  per  day  ;  $8  to  $12  per  week.  P.  O.,  Clever- 
dale. 

17.  Sheldon  House  (right,  6  miles).  Attract- 
ive grounds.    Capacity,  80.     Rates  not  given. 

18.  East  Lake  George  House.  Franklin 
Gates,  proprietor.  Landing,  Sheldon's  Point.  Ca- 
pacity, 60.  Rates,  $1.50  per  day  :  $7  to  $10.00  per 
week.    P.  O..  Kattskill  Bay. 

19.  Grove  Hotel  (right,  7  miles),  E.  Wetmore, 
proprietor.  Capacity  75.  $2.00  per  day ;  $8.00  to 
lio.oo  per  week.  P.  O.,  Kattskill  Bay.  Land  at 
Trout  Pavilion.  Boai  or  carriage  in  attendance  on 
arrival  of  steamer  from  south. 

20.  Trout  Pavilion  (right,  7  miles),  John  Cronk- 
hite,  proprietor.  Capacity  100.  Rates,  $2  per  day ; 
$9  to  $12  per  week.  P.  O.  address,  Kattskill  Bay. 
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the  two  nearest  the  lake  connected  at  one  corner  by 
their  piazzas,  which  extend  on  three  siJes.  One 
building  contains  parlor,  dining-room,  &c.,  the 
others,  private  parlors  and  sleeping  rooms.  In  the 
inner  angle  formed  by  the  two,  is  an  open,  tree- 
shaded  floor  for  dancing.  Bowling  and  outdoor 
Sports  have  been  provided  for.  The  accommoda- 
tions are  good,  the  table  clean,  wholesome  and 
abundant.  An  attractive  feature  is  the  boats  and 
the  attention  given  to  the  legitimate  sport  of  fish- 
ing. Open  June  to  October.  A  pretty  steam  yacht, 
the  "Latona"  is  here  subject  to  charter  at  $15.00 
per  day,  $10  for  a  half  day. 

21.  The  Albion  is  north  of  the  trout  Pavilion. 
Rosa  Phelps,  proprietor.  Capacity  40.  Rates  $2.00 
per  day,  $  10.00  to  $  1 2.00  per  week.  Mayflower  Cot- 
tage, still  further  north,  is  a  private  boarding  house, 
capacity,  30.    - 

22.  Kattskill  House  is  on  the  high  terraced 
bank  at  the  north  dock,  shaded  by  a  thrifty  grove 
of  birches.  Capacity  about  100  guests.  Rates, 
$2.00  per  day;  $10.00  to  $12.00  per  week.  Open 
from  June  15th  to  October.  A.  P.  Scoville,  pro- 
prietor.  The  post-office  (Kattskill  Bay)  is  located 
here  and  a  wire  connecting  with  the  Western  Union 
telegraph  is  in  the  office.  Good  fare  is  furnished 
and  an  excellent  patronage  held  here.      • 

23.  Elizabeth  Island  appears  as  a  point  of 
the  shore  north  of  the  Kattskill  House..  The  Man. 
hattan  Cldb,  composed  of  graduates  of  New  York 
College,  make  it  their  summer  camp  ground.  ; 

24.  Pilot  Mountain  (right,  7  miles,  air  line 
from  Caldwell),  is  nearly  sharp  at  its  summit,  de- 
scends steeply  to  the  lake  at  points-where  we  lately 


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touched,   and    further  away,   at   the    south,  slopes 
gently  down  to  the  fertile  vale  of  Harrisena. 

25.  Buck  Mountain  (right,  g  miles)  is  a  grand 
rocky,  round-featured  mountain,  along  the  east,  ris- 
ing 2,ooo  feet  above  the  lake.  It  is  sparsely  wooded 
at  the  summit.  This,  with  Pilot  Mountain  on  the 
south,  is  locally  known  as  the  deer  pasture.  Phelps' 
Point  is  at  the  lake,  a  little  south  of  the  highest 
part  of  Buck  Mountain.  A  passable  road  leads  out 
along  shore  to  the  Kattskill  House. 

96.  Marion  House  (west  side,  55^  miles  from 
Caldwell),  D.  W.  Sherman,  proprietor ;  H.  L.  Sher- 
man, manager.  Capacity  400.  Rates,  $3.50  per 
day  ;  $14  to  $25  per  week. 

Recent  additions  have  made  this  one  of  the 
largest  houses  at  the  lake.  It  has  been  remodeled 
from  office  to  attic.  Its  public  rooms  are  spacious, 
delightfully  open  to  the  air,  richly  furnished  through- 
out, and  contain  many  unconventional  appliances 
that  tend  to  enjoyable  ease.  Tt  is  lighted  with  gas 
throughout,  and  heated  by  steam.  Its  sleeping 
rooms  are  large,  furnished  modestly  but  with  excel- 
lent material,  and  supplied  with  superior  beds.  An 
el  2vator  renders  all  floors  almost  equally  convenient 
and  leaves  little  choice  in  rooms,  unless  there  are 
preferences  in  points  of  compass.  Electric  bells' 
communicate  between  guests'  rooms  and  the  office, 
and  a  wire  from  the  office  connects  with  the  Western 
Union  Telegraph.  The  sanitary  conditions  are  pro- 
nounced perfect.  Soft,  sweet  water  is  brought  to 
the  house  through  pipes,  from  a  spring  on  the  west 
mountain.  All  steamboats  f<com  north  and  south 
land  at  the  dock.    A  feature  of  the  table  supplies  is 


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Lakb  George. 


the  butter  and  milk,  from  a  herd  of  Jerseys  belong- 
ing to  the  Marion  farm. 

The  grounds  surrounding  the  Marion  are  exten- 
sive and  attractive.  It  has  the  advantage  of  ap- 
proach by  land,  as  the  picturesque  road  from  Cald- 
well runs  along  the  shore,  past  the  house.  Back  of 
the  house  are  rugged  bluffs,  and  forests  almost  as 
wild  as  they  were  a  hundred  years  ago.  The  views 
of  the  lake  are  broad  and  far-reachiig.  Livery  rigs 
of  standard  excellence  can  be  had  at  established 
prices.  A  feature  here  not  common  to  the  Lake 
George  hotels  is  the  tally-ho  coach,  "  Marion,"  on 
which,  a  moonlight  dash  along  shore  with  a  select 
party,  or  a  trip  over  the  mountains,  represents  the 
acme  of  rare  coaching  experience,  and  more  fun 
than  an  old-fashioned  trip  across  the  continent.  The 
Marion  is  an  exceptionally  attractive  place. 

The  Agawam  which  stood  on  the  shore  of  the  bay 
a  half  mile  north  of  the  Marion  was  destroyed  by 
fire  in  1890. 

27.  Victoria  Lodge  (East,  7^2  M.),  John  W. 
Harris,  proprietor.  Address  at  Kattskill  Bay,  for 
particulars. 

28.  Dome  Island  (East,  9  miles),  near  the  cen- 
tre  of  the  lake,  next  claims  our  attention  as  being 
the  highest  of  Lake  George's  220.  Seen  from  the 
north  and  south,  it  has  the  appearance  of  a  huge 
emerald  dome,  somewhat  flattened,  but  bearing 
enough  of  the  appearance  to  justify  the  name. 
This  island  was  purchased  from  the  State  in  1856, 
for  $100. 

29.  Recluse  Island  (west),  is  just  west  of 
Dome,  our  course  taking  us  between  the  two.  Pliny 
T.  Sexton  of  Palmyra,  owner.  "Thi«  island  was  the 


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subject  of  the  cartlu]uakc  hoax  of  1868,  when  it 
was  reported  in  the  New  York  papers  as  heiiij,'  sunk 
80  feet  below  the  surface.  A  graceful  bridge  con- 
nects it  with  what  was  once  known  as  Sloop  Island. 
Belvoir  Island  is  west  of  Recluse  Island,  and  is 
the  property  of  Rev.  Geo.  W.  Clow,  of  White  Plains. 
30.  Lake  Vikw  IIousk,  R.  J.  Brown,  proprie- 
tor. Capacity,  100.  Rates,  $3  per  day  ;  $12  to 
$1 5  per  week.     P.  O.,  Eolton. 

This  house   has   earned  for  itself  that  unfailing 

sign  of  approval — the  re- 
peated  return  of  old  guests 
to  familiar  rooms    and 

k^  "^ 'Mi^^^^^J )  1 1  k   P'^'^*^^'  t'^S'*'   number  aug- 
^      l  ^mui^^S^/// 1    mented   annually  by  new 

friends  and  kindred  spirits. 
The  view  is  unsurpassed 
for  quiet  beauty,  as  re- 
vealed in  retreating  head- 
land, pretty  grouping  of 
island  forms  and  the 
lovely  gate-like  openings 
of  the  distant  Narrows, 
with  giant  Black  Moun- 
tain beyond. 

Mr.  Jirown  makes  a  very  pleasant  landlord,  agree- 
able and  obli^ring.  Tiie  grounds  around  the  Lake 
View  are  pleasant,  and  the  effort  has  been  quite  suc- 
cjssfully  madeof  leaving  nature's  perfect  work  un- 
touched while  relieving  it  of  unsightly  objects,  and 
uwkiiig  all  parts  trim  and  accessible.  There  are  de- 
i  iched  buildings  here  for  bowling  and  billiards,  open 
space  for  croquet  and  tennis,  retired  walks,  cozy 
seats  and  pleasant  outlooks.  A  pleasant  addition  is 
the  detached  building  back^mong  thj  tree,  con- 


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taininy  a  l;»rge  room  for  general  assembly,  hops,  etc. 
A  "  dark  room  "  on  the  grounds  is  a  convenience 
that  is  appreciated  by  amateur  photographers.  A 
steam  catamaran,  built  under  Mr.  Brown's  direction 
plys  between  the  house  and  Bolton  Landing,  about' 
a  mile  distant,  transferring  guests  of  the  house  and 
baggage  free. 

South  of  Lake  View  House  is  Concordia  Bay,  so 
names  from  the  fact  that   its  shores  have  been  a 
favorite   camping   ground    of  the    Union    College 
boys.     The  attractive  cottage  on  thy  point  beyond, 
overlooking  the  lake  from  its  rocky  p<;rch  and  ap- 
propriately called  "  Buena  Vista  "  wa:  built  in  :889 
by  Robert  C.  Alexander  of  the  New  York  bar.     He 
is   the  owner  of  the  tract  which  forms  the  entire 
west  shore  of  Huddle  Bay,  and  extends  ba''k  to  the 
highway  running  from  Caldwell  to  Bolton.  Exten- 
sive improvements  have  recently  been  made  on  this 
property  in  clearing  up,  opening  drives  and  vistas, 
and  laying  out  the  lake  frontage  into  cottage  sites. 
On  one  of  these,  northward  from  Buena  Vista,  Rev. 
J.  D.  Kennedy  of  Brooklyn,  is  building  a  handsome 
cottage,  which  will  be  ready  for  occupancy  during 
the  present  season.     Charles  Dudley  Warner  is  on 
record  as  saying  this  is  one  of  the  most  exquisite 
spots  on  Lake  George. 

32.  Locust  Grove  is  back  at  the  northwest  of 
the  Lake  View  House.  Capacity  75.  Rates,  $2.00 
per  day,  $9.00  to  $15.00  per  week.  George  R.  Fish, 
proprietor. 

The  handsome  villa  back  of  the  bay  indenting  the 
shore  north  of  the  Lake  View,  with  statues  dis- 
tributed about  the  ample  lawn,  is  the  summer  place 
of  William  B.  Bement,  of  Philadelphia. 


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33.  Mohican-  House,  E.  B.  Winslow,  proprie- 
tor.  Capacity  I oo.  Rates,  $3.50  perday,  $12.00  to 
$  20  00  per  week.  Free  transfer  of  guests  and  bag- 
gage to  steamboat.  Open  the  year  round.  P.  O., 
Bolton.  This  is  one  of  the  desirable  houses  of  Lake 
George  and  has  been  noted  for  years  as  the  resort  of 
people  of  culture  and  refinement.  There  is  no  os- 
tentatious display  but  on  the  contrary  it  seems   to 

withdraw  from  the  public 
gaze  and  seclude  itself 
among  the  trees  and  flow- 
ers that  deck  the  lake 
front.  The  lawn  is  shaded 
by  locusts  and  maples,  and 
the  long  point  protected 
by  an  expensive  sea-wall 
terminating  at  the  sub- 
stantial dock  where  the 
little  steamers  land — a  fa- 
vorite place  with  guests 
who  can  here  catch  delicious  whiffs  of  the  faintest 
breath  that  may  be  stirring  across  the  lake.  This 
was  once  the  main  landing  for  Bolton,  with  the  "  line 
boat  "  coming  and  going,  but  the  runners  and  guests 
from  other  houses,  and  travelers  passing  over  the 
grounds,  made  it  too  public  a  thoroughfare  for  those 
who  here  sought  quiet  and  rest,  and  a  public  dock 
was  built  in  the  bay  at  the  north  that  might  accom- 
modate all  the  hotels  of  that  section. 

The  house  is  a  long,  low,  rambling  structure  after 
the  southern  style,  with  piazzas  facing  the  lake  and 
extending  along  its  south  side.  The  trees  press 
their  heavy  tops  against  it,  effectually  shading  it  fron 
the  too  ardent  rays  of  the  sun.  but  underneath  the 


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Lake  Gkouge. 

wind  can  pass  freely  and  the  views  of  the  lake  are 
interfered  with  scarcely  at  all.  The  parlor  and  din- 
ing room  afTord  space  for  general  assembly  and  there 
are  neat,  cozy  sleeping  rooms,  nicely  furnished  with 
choice  of  ground  or  second  floor.  Such  as  may  want 
greater  seclusion  than  the  main  building  affords  can 
find  spacious  and  desirable  quarters  in  the  cottage 
on  the  shore  of  the  lake  at  the  north,  while  toward 
the  west  is  a  newer  and  larger  building  with  supe- 
rior furnishings  and  equipment. 

The  table  and  service  is  excellent— neat,  clean  and 
appetizing,  and  in  its  dainty  niceness  very  attractive 
to  the  refined  taste,  and  yet  the  lusty  ones  with  nat- 
ural appetites  sharpened  by  boating  excursions  or 
in  tramps  among  the  picturesque  hills,  find  an  abun- 
dance that  should  satisfy  the  most  ravenous. 

For  amusement,  croquet  grounds  are  laid  out 
under  the  trees,  while  lovers  of  tennis  or  poio.or  the 
national  game,  find  space  on  the  level  grounds  at  the 
west.  The  roads  of  Bolton  are  varied  and  pictur- 
esque, and  those  who  enjoy  riding  or  driving  can  se- 
cure means  for  the  pleasure  here.  For  boating  or 
fishing,  a  fleet  of  lake  boats  dancing  on  the  water 
south  of  the  point  invites  attention,  and  guides  and 
fishermen  stand  ready  for  service.  Here  also  is  one 
of  the  finest  bathing  beaches  on  the  lake  with  sandy 
bottom  sloping  gradually  out  into  deep  water,  and 
roomy  bath-houses  fitted  with  every  convenience. 

From  the  tribe  of  Uncas  came  the  name,  and  on 
the  tall  flag-staff  that  stood  out  on  the  point  for 
many  years  stood  a  wooden  warrior  defying  sun  and 
storm,  and  his  silhouette  as  it  was  reared  against  the 
bright  sky  is  to-day  the  totem  of  the  modern  "  Mo- 
hican." 


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Lake  George. 


47 


The  legends  of  the  place  are  many.  One  is  of  a 
beautiful  Indian  girl  who  was  brought  a  prisoner 
from  the  shores  of  the  Great  North  Lakes  by  the 
Mohicans  in  one  of  their  periodical  war  raids 
through  "  The  Lake  that  is  the  Gate  of  the  Country." 
Arrived  at  their  village  here,  a  young  chief,  the  pride 
of  the  nation,  gazed  into  the  stranger's  dark  eyes 
and  was  made  captive  by  her  grace  and  beauty.  He 
would  have  taken  her  to  his  wigwam  in  preference 
to  any  maiden  of  his  own  tribe  but  the  old  women 
of  the  nation  had  chosen  for  him  another  bride,  and 
when  he  again  went  on  the  war-path,  and  the  cruel 
old  men  and  women  only  were  in  possession  of  the 
camp,  it  was  decreed  that  the  daughter  of  the 
northern  tribe  should  die.  They  bound  her  to  the 
stake,  piled  faggots  high  around  her  slight  form  and 
the  fire  was  lighted,  but  as  the  crackling  flames 
curled  upward,  a  supernatural  figure  that  shone  like 
a  blazing  comet — stronger  than  a  buffalo  and 
swift  as  the  wind — swept  through  the  circle,  scat- 
tered the  blazing  brands  like  playthings  right  and 
left,  and  seizing  the  willing  captive,  dashed  out  again 
before  the  awe-struck  crowd  had  recovered  from 
their  terror.  Running  through  the  growing  corn  to 
the  middle  of  the  field  at  the  west  he  sprang  to  the 
top  of  a  large  stone,  and  from  it  flew  upward  with 
his  burden,  over  the  hii.s,  and  the  girl  was  never 
seen  more  Curiously  enough  also  the  young  brave 
came  not  b;  k  with  his  party.  He  had  vanished  out 
of  their  life.  But  thereafter,  at  every  coming  of  the 
tasseled  corn,  ome  warrior  of  the  tribe  was  slain  by 
a  mysterious  being  who  came  out  from  dark 
Oulusca— "  The  Place  of  Shadows  '*  west  of  the  great 
peaks — a  warrior  who  shone  like  the  fox-fire  of  the 


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48  Lake  George. 

lowlands  and  whose  cunning  and  might  were  beyond 
the  power  of  human  brave.  The  body  of  his  victim 
was  always  found  lying  across  the  stone  from  which 
the  stranger  sprang  over  the  hills,  and  the  blood- 
stains on  it  took  the  shape  of  picture-writing  where 
the  people  read  their  fate  ;  for  the  Great  Spirit  had 
decreed  that  for  every  fire-touched  hair  of  the 
maiden's  head  a  Mohican  brave  must  die,  until  the 
tribe  should  be  no  more. 

As  proof,  the  rock  still  lies  in  the  field  west  of  the 
house,  and  the  old  gardener,  Franz  Richter,  points 
out  the  footprints  of  the  mysterious  fire-chief,  the 
blood-stains  of  the  victims  that  were  afterward  of- 
fered up ;  of  Indian  faces  and  forms  ;  of  animals 
and  birds  and  flowers  and  growing  trees.  See  Franz 
and  hear  the  story  from  his  lips  of  the  "  Sacrificial 
Stone  "  of  the  Mohicans. 


BOLTON  BAY  FROM  THE  NORTHEAST. 
I  Lake  View  House ;  a  Mohican  House ;  3  Steamboat  Dock ;  4  Bolton 
House  ;  s  Church  of  St.  Sacrament. 

North  of  Mohican  Point  is  the  old  "  line  "  boat 
landing.  North  of  this  the  pretty  cottage  occupied 
during  the  season  by  James  Palmenter,  the  Cran- 
berry King,  of  Chicago.  Toward  the  northwest  on 
a  rocky  bluff  is  the  church  of  St.  Sacrament  (Episco- 
palian), its  bell  in  front  in  a  small  tower  by  itself. 

36.  Bolton  Landing  is  g}4  miles  north  of 
Caldwell.  The  line  boats  land  regularly  here  to  re- 
ceive and  deliver  mail. 


Lake  George. 


49 


I  The  Bolton  House,  standing  back  a  little  way 
from  the  landing,  will  accommodate  lOO.  Rates,  $3 
per  day  ;  $10  to  $15  per  week.  John  Vandenbergh 
proprietor.  West  of  the  landing  is  the  Roman 
Catholic  Church.  A  Baptist  Church  is  at  the  hamlet 
of  Bolton  Landing,  a  quarter-mile  further  north. 
Here  also  are  the  Stewart  and  Goodman  houses — 
places  of  good  repute  and  moderate  prices.  Back 
of  the  ornate  balustrade  along  shore  north  is  Ga 
nouskie  Cottage,  belonging  to  Ezra  Benedict,  of  New 
York.  The  large,  red-roofed  house  with  glass  sum- 
mer-house attached  north  of  the  Pine  grove  is  occu- 
pied by  R.  W.  Wilson,  local  manager  for  Commo- 
dore Simpson.  Then  comes  a  red  structure  with 
tall,  round  tower,  belonging  to  E.  B.  Warren,  and 
occupied  by  his  fisherman  "Alex  "  Taylor. 

36.  Hotel  Fenmore  is  at  the  west  end  of  the 
long  bridge  that  connects  Green  Island  with  the 
main  land.  Capacity  20.  The  red  building  on  the 
heights  beyond  belongs  to  Mrs.  Putnam.  Farther 
north  is  the  summer  residence  of  George  W.  Silcox. 


SOUTH   rROM   Tim    SAGAMOKR    DOCK-. 

I  Dome  Island;  a  Bliz%beth  Islao.1 ;   3  Kattskill   Bay;    4  Lnng   \%nn.\  ■    < 
French  Mountain  ;fi  Recluse  Idani  ;  7  Cano-;  Islands;  8  Belvoir  Inland" 

The  Sagamore  (on  Green  Island,  west.  gj4 
miles),  M.  O.  Brown,  proprietor.  Price  of  Board, 
$3. 50  to  I4.00  per  day ;  $17.50  to  $25.00  per  week, 


s!'.^J*i»« 


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so 


Lake  George. 


according  to  time  and  season.  Open  June  20th  to 
October.  The  hotel  stands  among  the  trees  at  the 
south  end  of  the  island,  flanked  by  handsome, 
modern  cottages.  The  style  is  that  popularly  sup- 
posed to  belong  to  the  sixteenth  century.  The 
cluster  which  may  be  considered  the  hotel  proper  is 
built  at  varying  levels,  delightfully,  uncertain  of 
number,  picturesque  and  pleasing,  connected  by 
open  corridors  with  charming  outlooks;  its  varied 
porticoes,  balconies  and  gables  admirably  displayed 
m  colors  that  harmonize  well  with  their  native  sur- 
roundings. Its  interior  finish  is  plain,  but  rich  and 
substantial,  showing  massive  beams,  fireplaces  of  ar- 
tistic designs  in  terra  cotta,  tinted  walls  and  joiner 


SOUTH    HA!>T   FHOM   SAGAMONK    DOCK. 

1  U'lc'.-  Mo'in-  in  •  7  Pilot  Mountain  :  •?  Dome  Islsnil .  4  Kausk.ll  Bay 

work  in  native  woods.  The  main  hall  and  ofiice 
and  the  principal  parlors  are  on  the  main  floor,  look- 
ing out  upon  a  velvety  lawn  with  flower  bordered 
walks  sloping  under  the  trer  and  revealing  delight- 
ful vistas  of  lake  and  islands  beyond.  The  line 
steamers  land  on  every  regular  trip  through  the  lake, 
connecting  with  the  trains  at  each  end.  The  accom- 
modations and  general  management  of  the  Saga- 
more are  of  the  best. 

Of  the  attractive  cottages  along  shore  on  either 
side  the  one  nearest  the  dock  on  the  west,  "Bellevue," 
is  occupied  by  Gen.  Robert  Lenox  Banks  of  Albany. 


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Lake  George. 


51-A 


The  next,  "  Nirvana,"  is  the  summer  place  of  J.  B. 
Simpson,  Jr.,  of  New  York,  vice-commodore  of  the 
Lake  George  Yacht  Club.  East,  and  nearest  the 
dock  is  the  cottage  of  George  Burnham,  and  beyond 
it  the  turreted  "  Vapanak  "  belonging  to  E.  B.  War- 
ren— each  a  study  architecturally  and  all  charmingly 
picturesque. 

From  the  Sagamore  dock,  the  boat  runs  almost 
due  east  toward  the  entrance  to  the  Narrows,  about 
two  miles  distant. 

38.  jCrown  Island  (west,  10  miles),  owned  by 
G.  M.  Dilly,  of  Palistine,  Texas,  and  for  sale,  is  a 
short  distance  beyond  the  Sagamore  landing.  North 


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t.  Foiirtr'o  *i'l(.  I«Hn.i  ■  rt   ,it.  Rrv.'tiin.:  7  Slivl/.ii;  Kick  Mountain. 

West  Bay  (or  *'  Ganouskie  "  as  the  Indians  called  it) 
extends  northward  about  four  miles  beyond  Crown 
Island. 

39.  Oahu  Island  (west,  x  i  miles),  is  the  prop- 
erty of  Gen.  P.  F.  Bellinger,  of  Elizabeth,  N.  J. 
Gen.  Bellinger  occupies  the  cottage  toward  the 
south,  while  the  one  near  the  north  end  is  the  sum- 
mer place  of  J.  W.  Moore,  Chief  Engineer  U.  S. 
Navy. 

40-  Tongue  Mountain  rises  rugged  and  broken, 
we,?t  of  the  Narrows,  and,  sloping  gradually  south- 
waid,  terminates  in  Montcalm  Point,  owned  by  Mr. 
J.   Bucijanan^  Henry.     West    of   the  mountain  is 


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Lake  George. 


Northwest  Bay.  "  G;een  Oaks,"  the  summer  place 
of  E.  Corning  Smith,  of  Albany,  is  on  Turtle  Island, 
lying  northeast  of  Montcalm  Point. 

41.  The  Kenesaw  (East,  ii  miles  from  Cald- 
well), is  on  Fourteen  Mile  Island,  H.  H.  Van  Ara- 
nam,  proprietor.  Capacity  lOO.  Rates,  $2.50  per 
day  ;  $10  to  $15    per   week..  The  house,  without 


TH.      KKNTSAW 


making  any  pretentions  to  architectural  beauty,  is 
cozy,  convenient  and  comfortable.  Its  piazzas  and 
nun  e.  ous  summer  houses  scattered  about  the  island 
are  attractive  and  suggestive  of  good  times. 

Why  called  Fourteen  Mile  Island  the  oldest  in- 
habitant  does  not  pretend  to  say.  It  is  presumed 
however,  that  fourteen  miles  was  the  estimated  dis- 
tance from  Fort  William  Henry,  before  actual 
measurement  demonstrated  it  to  be  less.  The  island 
has  an  area  of  twelve  acres,  portions  of  which  are 
extBMiely  picturesque  in  combination  of  rock  and 
soil,  and  with  fine  specimens  of  oak,  chestnut 
and  Norway  pine.     Its  shores  are  rocky  and  broken 


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nated  dis- 
re  actual 
rhe  island 
which  are 
'  rock  and 
chestnut 
nd  broken 


^^^'jkfesfiw" 


Lake  George. 


51-C 


in  some  places,  in  others  rounding  smoothly  over 
into  the  deep  water,  with  huge,  lichen-covered 
boulders,  smooth,  rocky  floors  carpeted  with  thick 
mosses,  and  hollows  filled  with  waving  ferns.  Its 
varied  features  have  made  it  a  favorite  resort  with 
artists,  who  here  found  fitting  studies  for  every 
variety  of  mood. 

On  the  east,  separating  it  from  the  mainland,  is  a 
narrow  and  deep  channe',  through  which  the  largest 
steamers  can  pass.  Here  is  another  dock  where  ex- 
cursion steamers  land. 

Hen  and  Chickens  at  the  south  is  a  pretty 
group  of  islands,  on  one  of  which  Delavan  Blood- 
good,  surgeon  U.  S.  N..  has  built  picturesquely  after 
the  fashion  of  an  East  Indian  bungalow. 

Following  along  the  rocky  shore  south  of  Four- 
teen Mile  Island  you  find  many  pretty  bays  and 
headlands.  At  one  point  a  little  brook  makes  out 
over  a  beach.  If  you  will  enter  the  sandy  gate  you 
find  yourself  within  one  of  the  most  charming 
thicket-guarded  bays  on  the  lake.  Alighting  where 
a  noisy  brook  tumbles  in,  at  its  head,  and  following 
up  a  little  way,  you  will  be  rewarded  by  the  sight  of 
a  perfect  little  gem,  called  Shelving  Rock  Falls. 

42.  The  Hundred  Island  House  (right,  115^ 
miles  from  Caldwell),  R.  G.  Bradley  &  Co.,  proprie- 
tors. Capacity  100,  Rate's,  $2.50  and  |  3  per  day  ; 
|io  to  $17.50  per  week.  P.  6.,  Shelving  Rock. 
Picturesque,  and  with  pictures  on  every  side,  this  sec 
tion  is  a  favorite  among  artists,  the  lovely  grouping 
of  the  islands  and  the  grand  lines  of  the  surround- 
ing mountains  affording  beautiful  studies  from  this 
point.    En  passant,  the  house  has  a  convenient  dark 


'*<00i 


from  the 
office  — 
and  the  1 
A  stai 
from  whi 
tained  tl 
lake,  sho 
south  anc 
and  the  1 
at  the  no 


i 


The  Hundred  Island  House. 


53 


r 

■  ri)om,  fitted  up  for  the  accommodation  of  those  who 
'  press  the  button  "  whether  they  "  do  all  the  rest  " 
or  leave  it  for  others  to  do. 

The  location  is  capital  for  a  summer  house,  afford- 
ing a  protected  harbor  for  small  boats,  a  new  dock 
easy  of  approach  for  large.  It  is  built  In  the  most 
substantial  manner  possible,  and  with  a  degree  of 
finish  seldom  applied  to  hotels  designed  simply  for 
summer  occupancy.      The    table    is    exceptionally 

*^  wholesome,    and 

"^      served  in  an  at- 

i_-__— »_^..^^^.^«.-_    tractive  manner. 

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_       "  HUNDRED  ISLAND  HOUSE. 

"(p>-i^Jr  Fresh  milk  and  vegetables  come 

from  the  farm  belonging  to  the  house.  The  post- 
office  —  "  Shelving  Rock  "  —  is  in  the  hotel  office, 
and  the  telegraph  is  close  by. 

A  stairway  lead",  up  to  the  sightly  observatory, 
from  which  the  roof  may  be  gained,  and  a  view  ob- 
tained that  has  hardly  its  equal  anywhere  on  the 
lake,  showing  the  broad,  open  water  toward  the 
south  and  west,  the  hundred  islands  of  the  Narrows, 
and  the  lake  stretching  away  to  Sabbath  Day  Point 
at  the  north. 


"Si'*ti«i/f.i,tStt»»-3^-»'*Err4^-it7ir-i«Sr-.- 


54 


Lake  Gf.okge. 


i 


The  Pearl  Point  House  is  one  of  the  leading 
hotels  of  the  Lake.     Its  furniture  and  appointments 
are  liberal  and  complete  in  all  respects.     Rambling, 
quaint  and  profusely  ornate  in  architectural  design, 
the  buildings  attract  much  attention  and  admiration. 
Nestling  amid  abundant  shade  trees,  surrounded  by 
piazzas,  with  tasteful,  elaborate  and  admirably  kept 
grounds,  little  imagination  is  required  to  invest  the 
place  with   unusual  interest.      Including  two  hand- 
some cottage  buildings,  or  dormitories,  the  estab- 
lishment affords  accommodations  for  one  hundred 
and  fifty  guests.     From  its  opening,  in  1876,  it  has 
been  exceedingly  well  managed,  and   has  secured 
a  permanent  reputation  and  patronage  of  superior 
character.     It  is   conducted   on   strict  temperance 
principles,  and  on  that  account  has  peculiar  attrac- 
tions to  many. 

The  location  in  the  Narrows,  faced  and  flanked  by 
"  The  Hundred  Islands,"  on  account  of  the  shelter 
afforded  by  the  islands,  make  boating  delightful  in 
any  state  of  the  wind,  while  the  fishing  of  the  neigh- 
borhood is  excelled  nowhere  on  the  Lake.  That 
both  may  be  enjoyed  without  stint,  the  proprietor 
makes  a  special  feature  of  his  boat  livery,  having 
provided  a  numerous  and  really  elegant  fleet  of 
boats  of  various  styles  and  sizes,  suitable  for  every 
requirement,  all  equipped  with  the  best  in  the  way 
of  oars,  cushions,  etc.  Telegraph  wires  and  daily 
mails  enable  guests  to  communicate  readily  with  the 
outer  world.  D.  W.  Sherman,  proprietor.  Rates 
$3.50  per  day,!  i2.cx)to  $21.00  per  week. 


F 

cott 
vote 
Ran 
Isla 

pOS' 

and 
ous 
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and 
It  i 
Hoi 
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The  Narrows. 


the  leading 
ppointments 

Rambling, 
:ural  design, 

admiration, 
rrounded  by 
mirably  kept 
to  invest  the 
g  two  hand- 
i,  the  cstab- 
sne  hundred 

1876,  it  has 

has  secured 
;  of  superior 

temperance 
culiar  attrac- 

id  flanked  by 
)f  the  shelter 
delightful  in 
of  the  neigh- 
Lake.  That 
le  proprietor 
ivery,  having 
gant  fleet  of 
ble  for  every 
:st  in  the  way 
res  and  daily 
adily  with  the 
>rietor.  Rates 
ek. 


Ranger  Island  is  west  of  Pearl  Point  The  prett> 
cottage  with  sharp  peaked  tower  belongs  to  a  de- 
voted disciple  of  old  Isaac  Walton,  Justice  F.  E. 
Ranger,  of  Glens  Falls.  Next  at  the  north  w  Juanita 
Island,  where  the  Bullard  Brothers  —  and  sisters 
—come  every  summer.  The  "  Glen  Club  "— com- 
posed of  some  of  the  solid  men  of  Glens  Falls, 
and  commonly  called  the  cold  water  club,  for  obvi- 
ous reasons  —  become  boys  again  every  year  on  th« 
i-'and  north  of  Juanita. 

Phantom  Island  is  next,  with  its  attractive  cottage 
and  tastefully  decorated  summer  houses  and  grounds 
It  is  owned  and  occupied  during  the  summer  by 
Hon.  Jerome  Lapham,  of  Glens  Falls.  It  was  for- 
merly the  home  of  "the  hermit,"  J.  Henry  Hill, 
who  came  here  in  1870,  built  the  house  and  occu- 
pied it  alone  until  1876,  when  he  was  adjudged 
insane,  and  removed  temporarily  to  an  asylum, 
where  he  soon  recovered.  He  belonged  to  a  family 
of  artists,  and  was  himself  one  of  considerable  abil- 
ity—  his  professed  object  here  being  the  study  of 
nature. 

Gem  Island  and  cottage,  northeast  from  Phantom, 
is  where  another  solid  Glens  Falls  club  "  receives." 
during  the  season.  Gravelly  Island  is  the  nearest 
large  island  toward  the  north  from  Pearl  Point 

Over  under  the  west  shore  is  Turtle  and  Phelps' 
Islands.  Camp  Colvin,  on  the  latter,  belongs  to  a 
Glens  Falls  man  —  in  fact  Glensvillians  have  pre- 
empted a  considerable  portion  of  this  attractive 
group  of  islands,  and  still  cry  for  more. 


-J«f^,  Ar-,V* 


tl 


Lake  Georg& 

Burnt  Island  is  the  largest  of  the  Hundrea 
island  group,  and  occupies  a  central  position  toward 
the  north.  On  it  half  wild  goats  have  for  several 
years  lived  and  bred. 

As-You-Were  Island  is  the  last  of  the  group 
near  the  west  shore. 


Little  Harbor  Island,  east  of  the  last  named 
has  on  its  north  border  one  of  the  curious  holes  in 
the  rock  supposed  by  some  to  have  been  the  work 
of  the  aborigines. 

Fork  Island,  its  shape  suggesting  the  name, 
terminates  the  cluster  at  the  northeast. 

Paradise  Poinf,  a  beautiful  peninsula — site  of  a 
proposed  hotel  colony — extends  from  the  east  shore, 
separating  Red  Rock  Bay  on  the  south  from  Para- 
dise Bay  on  the  north,  the  latter  guarded  by  a  cluster 
of  very  pretty  islands. 

<    There  are  others,  a  multitude  of  them,  some  rising 
abruptly  from  the  depths,  moss-draped  and  thicket- 
crowned,  while  others  only  see  the  light  when  the 
water  sinks  to  its   lowest  level.    All  around  are 
'^treacherous  shoals  and  reefs,  and  when  the  light  is 
fefight  and  the  water  roug».,  you  may  see  the  surface 
48hecked  and  spotted  by  the  bright  green  that  marks 
^t^lt  position,  while  the  little  steamer,  with  many  i 
graceful  turn,  threads  the  labyrinth  as  the  verdani 
gateways  open  and  close  along  her  course. 


B  Hundrea 

tion  toward 

for  several 

f  the  group 


;  last  named 
ous  holes  in 
en  the  work 

:  the  name, 

la — site  of  a 

e  east  shore, 

I  from  Para- 

by  a  cluster 

,  some  rising 
and  thicket- 
lit  when  the 

around  are 
n  the  light  is 
e  the  surface 
n  that  marks 
with  many  i 

the  verdan; 
irse. 


rUjy< 


Lake  George. 


57 


French  Point  projects  from  the  west  shore,  1 3 
miles  north  of  Caldwell.  The  shore  here  is  rugged 
and  broken,  running  in  places  straight  up  from  the 
water,  Tongue  mountain  rising  sheer  from  the  little 
plateau.  The  Sherman  House  that  stood  here  was 
burnt  to  the  ground  at  the  close  of  the  season  of 
1889. 

Black  Mountain  stands  on  our  right,  the  mon- 
arch of  the  lake  stretching  away  ■  the  north,  seem- 
ing to  recede  as  we  approach  and  trav.el  with  us,  its 
granite  crest  lifted  over  two  thousand  feet  above  us, 
its  rocky  sides  seamed  and  scarred  and  reddened  by 
fires  that  have  swept  over  it  in  times  past.  A  senti- 
nel, it  seems,  overlooking  the  whole  lake  and  moun- 
tains round  about ;  the  first  to  welcome  the  rising 
sun,  and  at  evening,  glowing  in  the  splendor  of  the 
dying  day,  while  the  valleys  below  are  misty  with 
the  shadows  of  coming  night.  From  its  summit, 
2,661  feet  above  tide,  and  2,315  above  Lake  George, 
nearly  the  entire  lake  may  be  seen.  -  To  the  north 
is  Lake  Champlain  ;  at  the  east  lie  the  Green  Moun- 
tains; on  the  west  and  north  the  Adirondacks  rise 
one  above  another,  while  away  toward  the  south, 
like  a  thread  of  silver,  stretches  the  mighty  Hudson. 
Don' t  forget  to  take  an  extra  blanket  or  heavy 
shawl  if  you  make  the  ascent, — and  don't  forget  the 
luncheon.  Horicon  Pavilion,  which  stood  on  the 
cleared  space  southwest  of  Black  Mountain  called 
Black  Mountain  Point,  was  destroyed  by  fire  April 
2 1  St,  1889.  It  was  a  poem  in  wooid  and  stone,  a 
work  of  art  that  seemed  here  a  part  of  nature's  self. 
From  this  point  an  excellent  road  ascends  to  the  top 
of  Black  Mountain.  i\ 


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Lake  George. 


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Half  Way  Islb  b  under  the  west  ahofe,  tiie 
centre  of  a  circle,  of  which  the  circumference  is  the 
rim  of  a  mountain  that  rises,  amphitheater-like,  around 
its  western  side.  As  its  name  indicates,  it  marks  the 
centre  of  the  lake. 

The  "  Three  Sirens,"  lovely  and  inviting,  but 
surrounded  by  dangerous  shoals  and  reefs,  are  out 
in  the  middle  of  the  lake  nearly  opposite  Halfway 
Island. 

Hatchet  Island  is  one  of  the  same  chain;  the 
derivation  nt  (lie  name  is  unknowm,  but  tradition 
connects  it  with  a  good  little  boy  who  couldn't  tell  * 
lie. 

One  Tree  Island  it  Is  jtut  out^e  the  channel 
The  stump  is  all  that  remains  of  that  "one  tree." 

Floating  Battery  is  north  of  One  Tree  Island, 
the  southernmost  large  island  of  a  group  lying  along 
the  east  shore,  opposite  tke  fil^ljeif  point  of  Black 
Mountain.  In  the  little  bay  on  its  south  ltl|ig}|i  is  the 
remains  of  what  is  said  to  be  one  of  the  tWd 
"castles,"  floating  batteries,  or  gunboats^  buiU  to 
accompany  Abercrombie  down  the  lake  in  hij  ail 
vance  on  Ticonderoga,  in  1758.  The  name  is  some 
times  applied  to  the  entire  group,  as  it  stretches 
along  shore. 

Mother  Bunch  is  the  name  given  to  die  noriii 
ernmost  member  of  the  group,  because,  it  is  said,  ol 
a  fancied  resemblance  between  a  portion  of  the  island 
and  an  old  woman;  it  is  a  beautiful  tribute  to  the 
memory  of  the  old  lady  any  way,  while  the  i»iiMl« 
elegance  and  appropriateness  of  the  name  only  feU 


i'W>"*    '-'' 


Turn  Harbor  Islamdc^ 

ihort  of  absolute  inspiration  in  iut  It  wiyr  «|| 
advanced  a  step  farther  to  "Grandmodier"  Bun€^^ 
and  done  with  it 

The  CiVBS  Rock  is  a  solid  wall,  br««king  <^ 
perpendicularly  from  the  mountain  slope  on  fk*  Hght, 
north  of  Mother  Bunch;  water  constantly  drip*  over 
its  face,  and  civcs,  a  species  of  garlic  growing  in 
tufts,  and  liked  as  a  relish  by  some,  spring  spontane- 
ously from  its  fissures ;  the  largest  boat  can  be  laid 
up  along  side  of  this  rock  in  still  weather.  A  venera- 
ble landmark,  known  to  have  been  there  sixty-five 
years,  is  an  old  stub,  projecting  a  little  above  the  sur- 
face, and  swaying  about  just  outside  the  usual  course 
of  the  steamer;  below  the  portion  that  has  been  worn 
down  by  the  ice  it  is  four  feet  in  diameter,  its  point 
downward,  and  supposed  to  be  anchored  in  the 
bottom  of  the  lake.  The  water  here  is  seventy  feet  in 
depth. 

The  Harbor  Islands  are  near  the  center  of  the 
lake,  the  west  channel  passing  close  by  their  western 
border ;  they  arc  owned  by  the  Paulists,  who  received 
a  title  to  them  from  the  State,  in  1872,  and  who 
occupy  them  occasionally  as  a  camping  place.  The 
group  is  the  first  of  any  considerable  sixe  on  the 
west  side,  north  of  the  Narrows,  and  was  once  the 
scene  of  one  of  the  bloodiest  engagements  in  the 
history  of  the  lake.  On  the  25thof  July,  1757,  a  party 
of  between  three  and  four  hundred  English,  command- 
ed oy  GoL  John  Parker,  left  Fort  William  Henry,  and 
under  cover  of  the  darkness  proceeded  tJow«   the 


k»jif?.'v.t<'  •im^im^c^^sitm^srtff,  ''Mi'a^xm^!^^<"'->^s»- 


0f0 

"  Bunck, 

•king  fM 
^##  right, 
irip»  over 
owing  in 
spontane- 
m  be  laid 
Al  venera- 
Mxty-five 
e  the  sur- 
iial  course 
seen  worn 
-,  its  point 
ed  in  the 
nty  feet  in 

iter  of  the 
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o  received 
and  who 
ace.  The 
EC  on  the 
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Its  in  the 
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uovnt   the 


Lake  George. 


Ol 


t.^^*#"-*" 


4f#  //»  a  scout.  When  near  this  place,  at  dawn  of 
!h6  next  morning,  dark  objects  shot  out  from  among 
'he    islands  and  the  surrounding  gloom  to    meet 

hem,  while  the  savage  war-whoop  sounded  on  all 
^ides.  As  the  yelling  horde  advanced  the  English 
became  panic-stricken  and  sought  safety  in  flight. 

But  their  clumsy  barges  were  no  match  for  the  light 
canoes  of  the  enemy.  Some  threw  themselves  into 
the  lake  and  succeeded  in  reaching  the  shore,  there 
to  be  pursued  and  struck  down  by  the  savages. 

One  hundred  and  thirty-one  of  the  English  were 
killed  outright,  twelve  escaped,  and  the  rest  were 
taken  prisoners.  Of  the  latter.  Father  Roubaud, 
a  Jesuit  priest,  says  in  his  "  Relations  "  :  "  The 
first  object  which  presented  itself  to  my  eyes  on 
arriving  there  was  a  large  fire,  while  the  wooden 
spits  fixed  in  the  earth  gave  signs  of  a  feast — 
indeed,  there  was  one  taking  place.  But  oh. 
Heaven,  what  a  feast !  The  remains  of  the  body 
of  an  Englishman  were  there,  the  skin  stripped  off 
and  more  than  one-half  of  the  flesh  gone.  A  moment 
after  I  perceived  these  inhuman  beings  eat,  with 
famishing  avidity,  of  this  human  flesh  ;  I  saw  them 
taking  up  this  detestable  broth  in  large  spoons,  and, 
apparently,  without  being  able  to  satisfy  themselves 
with  it ;  they  informed  me  tnat  they  had  prepared 
themselves  for  this  feast  by  drinking  from  skulls  filled 
with  human  blood,  while  their  smeared  faces  and 
stained  lips  gave  evidence  of  the  truth  of  the  story." 
The  good  father  attempted  to  reason  with  them, but 
to  no  avail.  One  said  to  him :  "  You  have  French 
taste;  I  have  Indian  ;  this  food  is  good  for  me,"  of- 
fering at  the  same  time  a  piece  of  the  human  flesh 
to  the  horrified  priest. 


iJUU  Gbokos. 


••Captain  Sam" 


Vicar's  Island  is  just  north  of  the  Harbor  Islands 
Here,  on  its.  northern  border,  an  aflGscting  incident 
transpired  once,  of  which  Captain  Sam  Patchen, 
who  lived  at  Sabbath  Day  Point  at  the  time,  was 
tne  hero.  One  winter's  day  he  conceived  the  idea  of 
sailing  his  grist  to  Bolton  mill  on  the  ice.  So, 
piling  the  bags  of  grain  into  the  old  cutter,  with  a 
pitchfork,  held  firmly  in  his  hands,  for  a  rudder,  h« 
hoisted  sail  and  sped  away  bdtbre  a  strone  north 
wind. 


I  ne  ice  was  "glare;*  tnd  *she  cutter  sailed  welt — 
remarkablj  well ;  bu*  4ieiJ«  ^'W  not  so  much  cei- 
tainty  about  the  satis£M::tur-^  behavior  ol  the  steer- 
ing apparatus.  The  old  man,  it  is  said,  was  given 
to  spiritual  things  occasionally,  a^d  had,  on  this 
ttccasioo,  evidently  hoisted  in  racj><^  too  much  rye 
isi  llie  Hqmd  form  to  conduce  to  the  m^  traasporta- 
of  tttii  in  the  hekgs.    The  ci^  insisteH  oo 


head 
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June 


s^smi^snf^""^^/'^^^^^^!^^^' 


lorUUuidt 
\g  incident 
D  Patchen, 
B  time,  wai 
the  idea  of 
:  ice.  So, 
tter,  with  a 
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nme  north 


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tran^>orta- 
insitteri  on 


Lake  George. 


63 


heading  directly  for  the  island,  and  could  not  be 
diverted  irom  its  course — it  was  of  the  kind  called 
"jumper" — a  mettlesome  old  jumper  at  that,  and 
the  captain  had  a  great  deal  of  confidence  in  its 
ability  to  do  whatever  it  undertook.  So  he  decided 
to  jump  the  island.  He  tried  it.  It  was  not,  strictly 
speaking,  a  success.  The  cutter  reached  the  shore, 
and  paused  against  a  rock,  but  Sam  was  anxious  to 
get  along,  and  continued  on  with  the  bags  and  finally 
brought  up  in  a  snow-drift. 

Captain  Sam  was  always  dignified,  and  on  this 
occasion  it  is  said  his  manner  of  resting  on  that 
snow-drift  was  remarkably  impressive.  Even  the 
snow  felt  moved,  and  the  island  itself  was  touched, 
and  when  he  came  out  and  set  his  radiant  face  home- 
ward he  was  not  a  Sam  of  joy  or  a  Sam  of  thanks- 
giving, but  a  Sam  abounding  in  language  that  would 
set  a  mule  driver  up  in  business,  and  bring  despair 
to  the  boss  canvasman  of  any  circus  traveling. 

Deer's  Leap  Mountain  is  on  ihe  wes^,  a  little  way 
north  of^  Vicar's  Island.  The  top  is  rounded,  the 
side  facing  the  lake  a  perpendicular  wall  of  rook, 
at  its  foot  are  great  fragments  of  rock  that  have 
fallen  from  time  to  time,  and  said  to  be  a  favorite 
resort  for  the  rattlesnake..  Once  on  a  time  a  buck 
pursued  by  hunters,  was  driven  to  the  brow  of  the 
precipice,  a  pack  of  yelling  hounds  close  at  his  heels. 

"  Not  the  least  obeisance  made  he  ; 
Not  a  minute  stopped  or  stayed  he— 

but  leaping  fearlessly,  far  out  over  the  giddy  height, 
was  impaled  on  the  sharp  point  of  a  tree  below, 

Hulett's  Landing  (east,  18  miles  from  Cald- 
wdl),  Henry  W.  Buckell,  manager.  Capacity,  125. 
Rat.€s,  $2.50  per  day ;  $9  to  $14.00  per  week.  Open 
June  to  November.     P.  O.,  Hulett's  Landing. 


.:-     I     '.- 


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Lake  George. 


; 


The  surroundings  are  exceedingly  wild  and  inter- 
esting. The  plan  for  the  entertainment  of  guest? 
is  of  a  central  building  containing  the  general  office, 
with  post  and  telegraph  offices,  a  second  containing 
assembly,  and  music  rooms  ;  a  third  with  the  dining- 
room,  kitchen,  etc.,  connected  with  the  first  by  a 
picturesque  covered  walk,  and  several  detached 
cottages  that  may  be  rented  by  families  or  assigned 
to  guests  in  common  with  the  rooms  in  the  main 
building.  Steamers  land  going  each  way.  It  can 
be  reached  also  via  Chubb's  Dock  on  the  D.  &  H. 
R.  R.,  5  miles  east.  A  wagon  road  has  been  made 
from  this  point  to  within  a  mile  of  the  top  of  Black 
Mountain. 

Meadow  Point  is  north  of  Hulett's  on  the  same 
shore.  A  cluster  of  pretty  cottages  here,  fitted  up 
with  neccessary  conveniences  may  be  rented  with 
or  without  board.  Here  Cyrus  Butler  hoped  to  es- 
tablish a  summer  school  of  music,  painting  and 
botany  but  in  his  death  the  enterprise  lost  its  in- 
spiration and  "  Horicon  "  an  ardent  admirer.  He 
was  one  of  the  most  lovable  of  men,  a  sympathic 
friend  and  a  generous  enthusiast  whose  benefactions 
were  limited  only  by  his  means  as  many  a  struggling 
genius  can  mournfully  attest. 

Hog's  Back  is  the  rugged  mountain  back  of 
Meadow  Point.  Near  its  highest  point  Putnam  and 
Rogers  once  came  upon  an  Indian  encampment,  and, 
after  the  heroic  manner  of  warfare  in  those  days,  left 
none  to  tell  the  tale.  Illustrative  of  the  brutal 
nature  of  the  man  and  the  spirit  of  retaliation  which 
to  some  seemed  to  justify  the  most  cruel  measures, 
Rogers,  it  is  said,  killed  an  Indian  baby  by  dashing 


"^m^mtmn^-'-r''-  '^'lik^'-M-^^  ixi^m'. 


and  inter- 

of  guest? 
eral  office, 
:ontaining 
he  dining- 
first  by  a 

detached 
r  assigned 

the  main 
^     It  can 

D.  &  H. 
een  made 
p  of  Black 

1  the  same 
,  fitted  up 
nted  with 
iped  to  es- 
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est  its  in- 
direr.  He 
sympathic 
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struggling 

n  back  of 
utnam  and 
ment,  and, 
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:he  brutal 
tion  which 
measures, 
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Lake  George. 


65 


its  brains  out  against  a  tree,  and  when  remonstrated 
with  by  Putnam  said,  "  It's  a  nit  and  will  be  a 
louse  if  I  let  it." 

The  red-roofed,  Swiss-like  building,  on  a  point  be- 
yond Meadow  Point,  is  the  summer  place  of  De 
Lorm  Knowlton,  of  New  York.  North  of  Hog's 
Back  stretches  Spruce  Mountain — strikingly  bold 
and  precipitous. 


Roger's  rock. 

ANTHONV'S  MOSS. 

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— ~^_— — — <;^>- 

SABBATH  DAY  PT 


BLUFF   HEAD. 


Bluff  Head  is  the  long  point  extending  out 
from  the  east  shore.  Th  t  late  Rev.  A.  D.  Gillette, 
D.  D.,  for  many  years  pastor  of  Calvary  Church, 
New  York,  made  this  his  summer  home.  His  widow 
and  sons.  Dr.  Walter  R.  and  David  G.  Gillette  have 
cottages  here  now. 

From  Hulett's  Landing,  we  run  diagonally  across 
the  lake  to  Sabbath  Day  Point,  about  two  miles  dis- 


BLACK  MT. 


SHRLVINO   ROCK. 


TONGUE  MT. 


ELEPHANT. 


VICAR  S  I.  DEER'S  LEAP. 

tant.  As  we  draw  near  to  the  dock  glance  back- 
ward toward  Black  Mountain.  Note  how  the  old 
giant  asserts  his  supremacy,  rising  up  and  o'er  top- 
ping his  less  stately  supporters.  A  little  further 
along  and  he  is  again  the  stately  centre  of  the  pict- 
ure 


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Lake  George. 


h: 


The  Elephant  stands  back  there  at  the  north 
end  of  Black  Mountain.  See  his  well-formed  head 
toward  the  west ;  his  eye,  and  the  rift  that  marks  the 
outline  of  his  massive  jaw ;  the  wrinkled  neck  and 
great  round  back,  with  scattered  bristles  of  dead 
pines  clearly  defined  against  the  sky  beyond. 

Sugar  Loaf  Mountain  is  over  at  the  left  of  the 
Elephant.  Its  summit,  viewed  from  a  little  distance 
north  of  Sabbath  Day  Point,  looks  very  like  a  pig 
lying  down,  with  his  sharp  nose  pointing  east.  These 
animals  were,  undoubtedly,  a  part  of  the  lot  created 
"in  the  beginning." 

Twin  Mountains  are  seen  in  the  southwest  from 
Sabbath  Day  Point.  The  southernmost  one  is  the 
Deer's  Leap,  the  other  locally  known  as  Bloomer 
Mountain. 


Sabbath  Day  Point  (west,  about  195^  miles 
from  Caldwell).  Capacity,  25.  P.O.,  Sabbath  Day 
Point-       F.  A.  Carney,  Proprietor. 

Sabbath  Day  Point  has  been  the  scene  of  mauy 
stirring  incidents  in  the  history  of  Lake  George.  It 
commands  the  approach  by  water  on  either  hand, 
and  would  naturally  be  selected  for  a  camping  place 
by  parties  who  had  reason  to  expect  an  enemy  near. 
Here,  in  1756,  a  body  of  provincials,  under  Putnam 
and  Rogers,  repulsed  a  superior  force  of  French  and 
Indians  ;  and  on  the  5th  of  July,  1758,  Abercrombie, 


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Lake  George. 


67 


u  ith  his  splendidly  equipped  army  of  over  fifteen 
thousand  men,  landed  for  rest  and  refreshment, 
remaining  until  near  midnight,  when  hi,  i.ioved  down 
tlie  lake,  leaving  immense  fires  burning,  to  give  his 
watchful  enemy  the  impression  that  he  was  still 
there. 

In  September  of  the  following  year  Gen.  Amherst, 
with  twelve  thousand  men,  drew  his  boats  up  on 
the  sandy  beach  west  of  the  house,  and  passed  the 
Sabbath  with  appropriate  religious  ceremonies. 
To  this  circumstance  is  sometimes  ascribed  the  name, 
although  it  had  been  called  Sabbath  Day  Point  for 
some  years  before.  It  is  said  also,  but  on  doubtful 
authority,  that  an  engagement  occurred  here  in 
1776  between  fifty  Americans  and  a  force  of  tories 
and  Indians,  resulting  in  the  defeat  of  the  latter. 

In  1765,  eleven  years  before  the  engagement 
spoken  ot,  v/e  find  record  of  a  house  here,  occupied 
by  one  Samuel  Adams.  In  1798,  Capt.  Sam  Patchen 
(hero  of  the  cutter  ride  to  Vicar's  Island)  built  a 
log-house  near  the  feite  of  the  present  building,  since 
which  the  Point  has  never  been  without  its  resident 
family.  The  late  owner  of  the  Point,  also  named 
Sam — Capt.  Sam  Westurn,  lived  here  for  many 
years,  a  genial  pleasant  companion.  The  place  is 
very  homelike,  wholesome  and  pleasant. 

The  Indian  Kettles,  at  the  edge  of  the  water  on 
the  bay  north  of  the  Point,  are  good  specimens  of 
rock  boring — but  you  wonder  whence  the  grinding 
power  that  should  create  them — by  the  side  of 
quiet  water. 

Grace  Memorial  Chapel  was  erected  here  in 
1885  in  memory  of  the  wife  of  Mr.  Norman  Dodge, 
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about  $7,000,  conuibuted  by  the  New  York  families 
who  had  made  this  place  their  summer  home. 

On  the  west  shore  south  of  Sabbath  Day  Point 
are  summer  cottages  severally  owned  in  the  order 
here  given,  by  J.  M.  Jackson,  J.  J.  Wilson,  W.  H. 
Van  Cott  and  Rev.  A.  H.  McKinney.  On  the  point 
north  of  the  steamboat  landing  is  the  summer  place 
of  J.  F.  Chamberlain  Esq.,  cf  New  York.  A  mile 
fur'^her  north  are  the  cottages  of  Rev.  C.  F.  Hage. 
man,  Rev.  D.  B.  Wyckoff  and  Dr.  Landon. 

Silver  Bay  (landing,  telegraph  and  post  office, 
west  22  miles  from  Caldwell)  J.  J.  Wilson,   pro- 
prietor.   Capacity,  75.     Rates  $10  to  I15  according 
to  room.     The  hous2  is  a  little  distance  back  from 
the  lake  to  which  the  land  slopes  easily, .  looking, 
with  its  surrounding  buildings  like  a  little  village. 
It  has  its  own  jr^st  office  called  "Silver  Bay"  in  com- 
mon with  the  charming  harbor  near  by.     Tt  is  sup- 
plied with  the  necessary  conveniences  insuring  com- 
fort   and    furnishes  admirable  quarters  and   fare. 
Boating,  bathing  and  fishing  facilities  are  ample  for 
all  the  acquatic  needs  and  pleasures  of  guests.    For 
hunting  and  climbing  among  the  western  hiils — 
which  stretch  so  invitingly  along  parallel  with  the 
lake  and  up  which,  back  of  the  h'>use  run  paths  like 
network  over  the  open  space — nai-ure  has  presum- 
ably supplied  all  that  may  be  considered  necessary, 
or  if  not  it  takes  but  little  time  here  in  the  gloriously 
bracing  air  of  Lake  George,  to  get  the  requisite 
energy  and  strength,  and  the  exhilaration  of  the 
climb  and  the  beautiful  views  to  be  had  when  on  its 
summit,  or  the  game  found  in  its  depths,  well  repays 
one  for  the  exertion, 


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Lake  George. 


Scotch  Bonnet,  four  iftiles  north  of  Sabbath 
Day  Point,  is  a  flat  rock,  lying  west  of  the  channel, 
and  but  a  little  above  the  surface.  It  was  so  called 
because  of  the  resemblance  which  a  cedar  tree,  that 
once  grew  on  its   surface,  bore  to  a  Scotch  cap  or 


" ■ ■ ^ 

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3  4        5  '-7  » 

60UTH  FROM  I.BAR  HAGUB.  "• 

I  Sugark^f  Mt. ;  a  Black  Mt.;  3  Odd  Is.;  4  Bluff  Head  ;  5  Hulett's  Landinc; 
6  Sabbath  Day  Point ;  7  Slim  Pt.;  8  Scotch  Bonnet. 

"  bonnet."  The  "  Umbrella  Tree  "  stands  on  the 
point  near  by,  beyond  which  as  the  steamer  rounds 
into  the  western  bay  is  seen  Hague  with  its  pictur- 
esque village  stretching  along  shore. 


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5  Hulett's  Landing; 
Sonnet. 

stands  on  the 
leamer  rounds 
vith  its  pictur- 


'ufiy 


HAGUE. 

(AGUE  is  situated  on  a  broad,  sweeping 
bay,  at  the  west  side  of  the  lake,  28 
miles  from  its  head.  The  general  char- 
acter of  its  scenery  is  peaceful,  lacking 
the  grandeur  of  the  Narrows,  but  here 
the  artist  will  find  plenty  of  matter  for 
study  in  the  great  variety  of  foliage,  lichens  and 
mosses,  the  many-cclored  rocks,  the  rugged  islands 
and  the  graceful  elms,  whose  slender  branches  droop 
and  sway  like  the  weeping  willow,  the  like  of  which 
is  seen  nowhere  else  at  the  lake. 

Good  bass  fishing  is  found  near  by,  and  two  fine 
trout  brooks  render  the  place  attractive  to  those  who 
throw  the  fly,  while  the  shore,  all  the  way  back  to 
Sabbath  Day  Point,  is  considered  good  hunting 
ground.  A  walk  up  the  valley  road,  north  of  the 
house,  gives  a  number  of  the  most  charming  bits  of 
scenery  imaginable.  ;.^''",;:' :>-yi,,^-^^:-;""--'H  .  -1;^';  '  . 
The  Phcenix  Hotel  Js  the  large,  white  three- 
story  building  seen  a  little  way  north  of  the  steam- 
boat landing.  The  house  will  accommodate  fifty, 
comfortably.  A  level,  grassy  lawn  stretches  from 
the  house  out  to  the  sandy  beach  along  the  water 


72 


Lake  George. 


If  t  :*■•'  \( 


front.     Rates  not  given.     Qeorge  F.  Marshall,  pro- 
prietor. 

"  The  HiLL3lDE,"John  McClanathan,  proprietor, 
is  situated  a  few  rods  north  of  the  Phcenix.  Ca- 
pacity 75.  Rates,  $1.50  per  day;  $8  to  $10  per 
week.  Open  June  15  to  October. 
,  Trout  House,  Charles  H.  Wheeler,  proprietor. 
Capacity  40.  Rates,  $1.25  per  day;  $7  to  $8  per 
week.  Open  all  the  year.  Here  the  most  whole- 
some of  country  fare  is  provided,  and  homelike- 
comfort  rules  the  establisment  from  one  year's  end 
to  the  next.  It  is  one  of  the  places  where  you  aie 
made  to  feel  that  your  welcome  is  not  always 
gauged  by  the  length  of  your  purse.  "  Charley  " 
can  tell  to  a  nicety  just  where  the  big  trout  is  to  be 


mg. 


HAOUE  FROM  THE  SOUTHEAST. 


I  Steamboat  Landing  -,  a  Phoenix  Hotel ;  3  Hillside  House ;  4  Trout  House; 
5  Rising  House. 

found,  and,  next  to  landing  it  himself,  he  enjoys 
showing  some  favored  one  the  way  to  do  it.  A 
tennis  court  is  a  pleasant  feature  here. 

The  Rising  House  a  short  distance  north  of 
the  Trout  House,  on  the  flank  of  a  hill  that,  rising 
into  quite  a  mountain  toward  the  west,  comes  thickly 
wooded  down  almosc  to  the  door.  It  commands 
a  most  extensive  view  and  is  well  spoken  of  for  its 
table  and  general  accommodations.  Will  accommo- 
date about  25  guests.     B.  A.  Rising,  proprietor. 


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It  commands 
joken  of  for  its 
Will  accommo- 
proprietor. 


Lake  George. 


73 


Island  Harbor  (west,  i  mile  north  of  Hague 
landing),  A.  C.  Clifton,  proprietor.  Capacity  50. 
Rates  $1.50  per  day,  $8  per  week. 

Island  Harbor  is  the  name  given  to  the  cluster  of 
liouses  on  the  west  shore  of  the  bay,  formed  by  the 
enclosing  group  known  as  Cook's  Islands.  It  is 
much  frequented  by  sports- 
men, and  has  a  record  for 
big  fish,  approached  by  few 
places  along  the  lake.  The 
location,  while  retiring, 
shows  lovely  vistas  through 
the  islands,  and  affords  safe 
boating,  even  in  the  rough- 
est weather.    The  table  is 

excellent. 

Free  conveyance  between  all  houses  and  the 
steamboats. 

Waltonian  Isle  is  the  outermost  and  largest  of 
the  group  of  nine  outside  Island  Harbor.  The 
steamboat  rounds  close  to  its  rugged  shores. 

Ten  miles  away  at  the  south,  the  "  Elephant " 
stretches  his  huge  bulk  across  the  lake;  over  his 
head  Black  Mountain  stands  guard,  growing  misty 
along  the  distant  narrows. 

Near  by,  at  the  north,  is  Friend's  Point,  a  pleasant, 
tree-bordered  meadow,  quiet  and  beautiful  enough 
now,  but  of  old,  the  scene  of  bloody  engagements, 
being  then,  as  now,  a  favorite  camping  ground. 

On  the  right  is  Blair's  Bay,  setting  well  back  into 
the  eastern  shore.  At  its  head  are  cleared  fields  in 
the  town  of  Putnam — a  bit  of  civilization  reaching  out 
from  the  section  beyond,  and  seeming  almost  foreign 
in  its  lack  of  interest  to  the  rest  of  Lake  George. 


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L4KB  GaoKoa 

AliTHOinr'S  Non  extends  west  along  the  norti 
iide  of  Blair't  Bay.  It  is  heavily  wooded,  except- 
log  in  spots  where  a  diff  is  presented  or  where  Sti 
western  point  rounds  over  sharply  into  the  lake 
From  a  position  well  back  on  the  south  side  of  Blair's 
Bay  can  be  seen  a  perfect  face  in  profile,  with  smaith 
brow,  Roman  nose,  firm  lip  and  bearded  chin,  look- 
ing o«t  toward  the  west  firom  the  perpendicular  wall 
at  the  second  mountain  step.  It  cannot  be  seen 
from  the  pairing  steamer. 


We  pass  close  to  the  point  of  tiie  mountidn,  so 
near  that  a  stone  could  be  easily  tossed  against  its 
iron-stained  sides,  and  we  struggle  with  incipient 
profanity  to  note  wh«re  some  vandal  quack  has 
paraded  his  nostruru,  before  a  long  suffering  puUc, 
desecrating  the  face  of  nature,  aye,  even  out- 
rapng  its  very  nos^  with  lus  vinegary  compound, 
and,  with  the  wish  fether  to  the  thought,  we  look 
down  into  the  depths  to  see  If,  perchance,  retribution 
did  not  overtake  him  in  the  act  and  leave  some 
record  for  our  gratification. 
^ -'  This  is  said  to  be  the  deepest  portion  of  the  lake, 
put  down  as  being  anywhere  from  four  to  five  hun 
dred  feet  in  depth,  and  a  stone  loosened  from  Its  bed 


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ig  tbe  nord 
4td,  except* 
or  wheie  Sti 
ito  the  lake 
(ideofBlaif't 
withsmoiith 
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mdicular  wall 
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:^iJ. 


'•^•A" 


mountadn,  SO 
ed  against  its 
rith  incipient 
il  quack  has 
iffering  pubte, 
!,  even  out- 
y  compound, 
ight,  we  look 
ce,  retribution 
I  leave  some 

»n  of  the  lake, 
ir  to  five  hun 
d  from  its  bed 


Roona^  SuDM. 


above,  is  heard  In  dull,  heavy  thuds  as  it  leaps  firom 
crag  to  crag  down  through  the  water  to  the  unseen 
bottom. 

Rogers'  Suds  is  tOMrard  the  west,  a  moun- 
tain nearly  a  thousand  feet  high,  with   smoothly 
rounded  top  and  precipitous  sides.    It  is  rich  In 
minerals,  many  beautiful  specimens  of  garnet  hav- 
ing been  found  along  its  summit,  and  also  graphite 
or  black  lead,  which  exists  in  considerable  quan- 
tities.    Nearly  half  of  its  entire  height  is  a  smooth 
wall  of  rock  descending  at  a  sharp  angle  to  the 
water's  edge.    It  is  said  to  have  received  its  name 
finom  the  following  circumstance :  In  the  winter  oi 
1 757-8,  Robert  Rogers,  with  a  small  party  of 
Rangers,  was  sent  to  make  observations  at  Ticon- 
deroga  and  Crown  Point,  where  he  fell  in  with  a 
oarty  of  the  enemy,  and  the  skirmish  which  ensued 
resulted  in  tbe  total  defeat  of  the  English.    Rogers 
escaped,  and,  pursued  by  the  savages,  made  for  the 
summit  of  what  was  then  called  Bald  Mountain, 
probably,  with  the  object  of  putting  in  practice  the 
rose  which  his  dare-devil  nature  had  suggested. 
Arrived  at  the  brow  of  the  precipice,  he  threw  hi> 
«« luggage"  down  "the  steep  walls,  and,  revtrsitig 
kmulf  on  his  snow-shoes,  made  his  way  down 
through  a  ravine,  at  the  southwest,  to  the  lake ; 
thenoe  around  to  the  JEbot  of  the  dide.    The  savages, 
Mlo  wing  to  the  edge  of  the  mountain,  where  the 
track  of  the  snow-shoes  seemed  kwt  in  the  path 
made  by  a  fidling  body,  expecting,  of  course,  that 
whoever  had  attempted  it  could  not  have  reached 
ttie  bottom  alive,  must  have  been  considerably  sor 
prind  to  see  the  brave  major  making  off  on  the  ioe 


;»SiRJSt>'- 


-':■«■ 


ip 


.'•«  :r,\rf«rt-,> 


Lak£  Geukub. 

toward  tihe  head  of  die  lake.  It  is  probable  dut 
they  took  it  for  granted  that  he  had  actually  gone 
down  the  steep  wall;  'this  admitted,  signs  that  at 
another  time  would  have  lead  to  the  discovery  of 
the  ruse  at  once,  were  overlooked,  and  they,  feeling 
that  he  must  be  under  the  protection  of  the  "  Great 
Spirit,"  with  characteristic  reverence  for  their  Deity, 
desisted  from  further  pursuit 


Rogers'  Rock  Mountain  may  be  ascended  by  a 
good  path  leading  from  the  hotel  north  of  the  slide 
to  the  top,  from  which  point  may  be  had  a  view  of 
surprising  grandeur  and  extent.  On  its  summit, 
looking  like  a  tiny  bird  cage  from  below,  is  seen  a 
summer  house  built  by  Boston's  celebrated  divine, 
the  Rev.  Joseph  Cook,  whose  birth-place  is  just 
oyer  the  other  side  in  pleasant  Trout  Brook  Valley. 
Mr.  Cook  spends  much  of  his  summerings  at  the 
old  homestead  and  may  often  be  seen  on  the  moun- 
tain-top, looming  grandly  against  the  sunset  sky. 

The  Rogers'  Rock  Hotel  stands  on  a  bold 
promontory  just  north  of  Rogers*  Slide,  and  supplies 
the  long  felt  need  of  a  first-class  house  at  thb  end 
of  the  lake.  Around  it  cluster  some  uf  the  most 
interesting  reminiscences  of  the  past ;  Aear  by  are 
deep  waters  and  running  brooks;  from  its  com- 
manding position  it  looks  out  over  the  narrowing 
vaten  of  the  outlet  and  south  to  where  Black  Moua- 


""W 


W'^ 


i'j'...'y 


Lake  George. 


77 


robable  that 
ctually  gone 
igns  that  at 
discovery  of 
they,  feeling 
the  "  Great 
their  Deity, 


iscended  by  a 
h  of  the  slide 
lad  a  view  of 
n  its  summit, 
:Iow,  is  seen  a 
3rated  divine, 
-place  is  just 
Brook  Valley, 
lerings  at  the 
on  the  moun- 
sunset  sky. 
ids  on  a  bold 
,  and  supplies 
ise  at  this  end 
!  of  the  most 
;  near  by  are 
irom  its  corn- 
he  narrowing 
:  Black  Moun- 


tain stands  guard  over  the  way  ;  backwards,  a  road 
winds  through  the  wood  and  up  the  mountain,  and 
woodland  paths  run  here  and  there  with  guide  boards 
pointing  the  way  to  interesting  places.  The  steam- 
boats land  on  the  regular  trips.  Small  boats  in  va- 
riety give  facilities  for  fishing  or  pleasure  excursions. 
A  cottage  on  the 
height,  nearly  150 
feet  above  the 
house,  and  another 
at  the  lake 
shore    give 


guests  a  choice  "=""" 
'n  altitudes  afforded  by' 
no  other  hotel  at  Lake 
George,  The  house 
abounds  in  quaint,  old- 
fashioned  furniture  and 
bric-a-brac.  An  immense  fireplace  gives  genial 
warmth  to  narlorand  connecting  ofifice.  Soft  moun- 
tain spring  water,  never  failing  in  the  dryest  times, 
supplies  the  house  and  is  carried  to  every  floor, 
Post-office  created  for  the  house  named  "  Rogers 
Rock"  and  telegraph  office  are  here.  Capacity  125. 
Rates,$3  per  day  ;  $17.50  to  $28  per  week.  Hon. 
T.  J.  Treadway,  manager. 

Baldwin,  32  miles  from  Caldwell,  is  at  the  end 
of  steamboat  ride,  and  here  cars  are  taken  for  the 
Champlain  steamers  at   Fort  Ticonderoga  landing. 


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Prisoner's  Isle. 


79 


Howe's  Landing  is  the  bit  of  circling  beach 
north  of  the  dock.  Here  Abercrombie,  with  hlf 
army  of  15,000  men,  and  Lord  Howe,  their  life  and 
moving  spirit,  landed  on  the  6th  of  July,  1758,  and 
advanced  toward  Ticouderoga.  ^ 

The  French,  who  retreated  as  the  English  advanced, 
burned  their  bridges  across  the  outlet,  thus  compel- 
ling their  enemies  to  follow  along  the  outer  circle 
made  by  the  stream  as  it  sweeps  around  toward  the 
east  and  south  where,  it  emptier  into  Lake  Cham- 
plain.  In  the  valley,  north  of  where  we  cross  the 
outlet,  Howe,  at  the  head  of  his  detachment,  fell  in 
with  a  portion  of  the  retreating  Frenx-h,  and  a  skir- 
mish ensued.  At  the  first  iire  the  gallant  young  leader 
fell,  and  with  him  the  hopes  of  the  army.  Aber- 
crombie sounded  the  recall  and  did  not  advance 
again  until  the  evening  of  the  next  ^tay ;  this  delay 
allowing  the  French  to  strengthen  their  defences  at 
the  old  lines,  and  is  probably  the  m^n  reason  for 
tiie  defeat  of  the  English  at  that  place. 

Prisoner's  Islb  is  out  in  the  lake  east  of  Howe's 
Landing.  Tradition  says  the  French  used  it  as  a 
prison  pen.^  Another  version  of  the  account  places 
the  English  in  possession,  and  a  part;'  of  French^ 
I  taken  by  Abercrombie  in  the  eariier  stages  of  hit 
advance  on  Ticonderoga,  and  who  escaped  during  the 
night  by  wading  ashore — their  guests,  and  properly 
enough  receives  marked  attention  on  account  of  this 
very  interesting  story.  >  It  seems  characteristic,  how- 
ever, of  the  head  that  controlled  the  whole  move- 
ment, and  suggests  the  thought  that,  if  this  eminentiy 
lagacious  and  far-seeing  warrior,  Abercrombie.  tnts^- 


•,At^ 


TiCONDEROGA 

ed  to  the  depth  of  the  -water  to  keep  a  drove  ol 
Frenchmen,  like  a  drow;  of  sheep,  he  did  not  im- 
mediately,  on  discovering  that  they  actually  intended 
to  fight,  surrender  himself  and  army  to  them ;  but, 
DO !  by  the  most  profound  strategy  he  succeeded  in 
making  a  brilliant  retreat,  and  escaped  with  the  rem- 
nant of  his  army  —  consisting,  then,  of  only  about 
thirteen  thousand  men  —  from  Montcalm's  over- 
whelning  force  of  thirty-five  hundredl 

Toward  the  north,  the  lake  rapidly  narrows  down 
to  a  mere  creek,  hastening  to  its  fall,  and  the  crystal 
water  is  discolored  by  the  clay  of  the  bottom. 
Formerly  the  boats  ran  nearly  a  mile  further  to  tbv^ 
old  dock. 

Hev:  at  the  outlet,  once  «vhen  May  flowers  were 
blooming  in  the  wood,  came  the  martyr  priest  who 
gave  it  the  beautiful  name  of  St  Sacrament,  and 
was  the  first  white  ma:i  to  gaze  upon  its  beauties. 
A  century  passed,  and,  in  1757,  another  Frenchman 
went  southward  over  its  waters ;  the  first  came  with 
bible  and  cross  preaching  peace;  the  second  with 
fire  and  sword  and  a  hord  of  savage  beasts  to  fated 
Fort  William  Henry. 

The  following  year  came  Abercrombie,  to  be  driven 
back  while  the  flower  of  the  British  army  lay  on  the 
bloody  field  of  Ticonderoga,  and  the  next  year,  slow 
but  resistless  in  its  march,  came  the  army  of  Amherst, 
and  before  it,  the  French  v  ere  swept  rorthward,  their 
hold  on  "  the  lake,  that  is  the  gaie  oi  the  countiy,** 
gone  forever. 


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I  drove  oi 
id  not  imi 
ly  intended 
them;  but, 
licceeded  in 
ith  the  rem- 
only  about 
ilm's  ovesr- 

rrows  down 
I  the  crystal 
he  bottom. 
;rther  to  tbvi 

lowers  were 
r  priest  who 
rament,  and 
its  beauties. 
Frenchman 
(t  came  with 
second  with 
asts  to  fated 

,  to  be  driven 
y  lay  on  the 
Kt  year,  slow 
T  of  Amherst, 
thward,  their 
he  country,** 


LAKE  GU>KG>. 

Mount  Defiance,  a  Uitlc  elevation  east  oC  the 
outlet,  which  can  hardly  be  dignified  by  the  name 
of  mountain,  commands  old  Fort  Ticonderoga,  ly- 


ing over  on  the  othe 
side,  and  received  Its 
nan:e  when.  In  17771 
Burgoyn^  bom  Iti 
summit,  trained  guna 
on  the  old  fort. 

The  Upper  Faua 
of  Ticonderoga  may 
be  seen  on  the  left  as 
we  approach  to  cross 
tb:  outlet.  It  Is  one 
of  the  best  water  priv- 
ileges  in  the  country, 
supplied  by  a  reservoir 
that  never  floods  or 
fails.  '  A  cotton  fac- 
tory, pulp  mills,  et&, 
here,  give  emplojrment  to  a  large  nmnber  of  op> 
eratives. 

Ticonderoga  (village),  three  miles  from  Bald- 
win and  two  from  Lake  Champlain,  contahis  al>9ut 


;:7PT^ 


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H  r^i- 


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82 


TiCONDEROGA. 


1,500  inhabitants.  The  water-power  is  considerable, 
and  the  stream  .navigable  for  small  steamers  from 
the  foot  of  the  lower  falls  out  into  Lake  Champlain, 

The  Burleigh  House  is  at  Ticonderoga  village. 
E.  T.  Wood,  proprietor.  Rates,  $2.50  per  day;  $10 
to  $20  per  week.  It  was  named  after  Hon.  H.  G. 
jJurleigli,  of  national  lame,  who  owns  the  building. 
It  is  the  leading  hotel  of  this  section,  and  offers 
many  attractions  to  summer  visitors.  It  is  a  hand- 
some building,  with  modern  conveniences,  including 
electric  bells,  electric  lights,  and  steam  heat.  It 
spreads  a  superior  table.  It  is  nearest  to  Fort  Ti- 
conderoga of  any  house  that  the  visitor,  will  ordi- 
narily, care  to  patronize,  and  it  is  a  convenient  centre 
for  various  interesting  drives.  Next  to  having  back 
the  good  old  times  ivhen  staging  was  the  regulat 
means  of  crossing  from  one  Lake  to  the  other,  is  an 
excursion  over  the  historic  ground,  in  the  tally-ho 
belonging  to  the  Burleigh  House,  with  the  accom- 
panying oratorical  historico-legendry  accompani- 
ment, by  the  driver,  which  will  be  furnished  if  due 
notice  be  sent  in  advance,  to  the  proprietor  of  the 
Burleigh  House,  at  Ticonderoga. 

Fort  Ticonderoga  (lake  station)  is  at  the  e*.,it 
foot  of  Mt.  Defiance,  five  miles  from  Baldwin.  Here 
Lake  George  trains  connect  with  the  Champlain 
steamers  and  cars  from  the  north  and  south.  The 
old  fort  can  be  seen  at  the  north,  about  a  mile  distant 
from  the  landing.  Refreshments  can  be  had  at  the 
old  Ft.  Ticonderoga  Hotel  by  the  lake  shore. 

Tickets  are  good,  either  by  boat  or  rail,  as  far  north 
as  Plattsburgh,  giving  travelers  the  choice  between 
an  afternoon  spent  on  the  lake,  or  at  the  Ruins.  At 
Plattsburgh,  passengers  by  boat  and  train  unite. 


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s  considerable, 
steamers  from 
ke  Champlain. 
jeroga  village. 
)  per  day ;  $io 
;r  Hon.  H.  G. 
s  the  building, 
on,  and  offers 
It  is  a  hand- 
nces,  including 
earn  heat.    It 
5t  to  Fort  Ti- 
iitor,  will  ordi- 
nvenient  centre 
to  having  back 
«ras  the  regular 
the  other,  is  an 
in  the  tallyho 
ith  the  accom- 
ry    accompani- 
irnished  if  due 
oprietor  of  the 

i)  is  at  the  Ci^^t 

Baldwin.  Here 

the  Champlain 

id  south.     The 

lit  a  mile  distant 

n  be  had  at  the 

ke  shore. 

rail,  as  far  north 

choice  between 

the  Ruins.    At 

train  unite. 


LAKE   CHAMPLAIN. 


'he  first  white  sporting  man  that  ever 
visited  the  Adirondacks  was  Samuel 
de  Champlain,  a  Frenchman,  who,  in 
1609,  joined  a  company  of  native  Ca- 
nadian tourists  on  a  gunning  expe- 
dition toward  the  south,  when  he  fell 
in  with  a  party  of  Iroquois,  and  suc- 
ceeded in  bagging  a  number.  Sam- 
uel was  an  enthusiastic  sportsman, 
and  of  a  vivacious,  happy  disposition,  as  witness  his 
felicitous  description  of  the  m.nnner  in  which  he,  at 
the  first  shot,  brought  down  three  out  of  four  Abo- 
rigines, who  broke  cover,  then  pursued  and  killed 
some  others.  After  this  adventure,  which  hap- 
pened the  same  year  that  Hendripk  Hudson  sailed 
up  thv^  river  that  now  bears  his  name,  and  1 1  years 
before  the  Pilgrims  landed  on  Plymouth  Rock,  he 
wrote  an  account  of  the  affair,  modestly  calling  the 
sheet  of  water  explored  after  himself — Lake  Cham- 
plain. Just  two  centuries  after  his  passage  in  a 
canoe,  the  first  steamboat  was  launched  on  the  lake. 
V/hen  Champlain  came,  the  Indians  called  the  lake 
Cant  adere  quarante,  spelled  i:  various  ways,  and 
said  by  learned  authorities,  who  copy  it  from  sorie 
one  else,  to  mean  "  the  lake  that  is  the  gate  of  the 
country."  By  the  early  French,  who  did  not 
choose  to  recognize  Champlain's  right  to  the  name, 


S.J 

■  \ 


•  '^ 


\-^"i*'""  V.'T-C  ',  ■ 


Lake  Champlain. 


it  was  known  as  Mere  les  Iroquois,  or  "  Iracosia." 
A  book  published  in  1659  speaks  of  it  as  "the  lake 
of  Troquois,  which,  together  with  a  river  of  the 
same  name,  running  into  the  river  of  Canada,  is  60 
or  70  leagues  in  length.  In  the  lake  are  four  fair 
islands,  which  are  low  and  full  of  goodly  woods  and 
meadows,  having  store  of  game  for  hunting. 
Stagges,  Fallow  Dear,  Elks,  Roe  Bucks,  Beavers, 
and  other  sorts  of  beasts."  In  shape  it  is  very  like 
a  long,  slim  radish,  with  Whitehall  at  the  little  end. 

On  the  east  is  Vermont,  sweeping  away  in  a 
broad,  cultivated  plain,  that  gradually  ascends  to 
the  ridges  of  the  Green  Mountains.  Along  the 
southern  and  central  part  of  the  lake,  the  rocky 
western  shore?  step  down  to  the  water's  edge  and 
backward,  rise  peak  on  peak,  wild,  broken,  and 
grand— the  Adirondack  Mountains.  Here  and 
there  are  bits  of  cultivated  land,  and  breaks  in  the 
mountain-gateways  to  the  wilderness.  Then,  as 
you  go  north,  the  mountains  fall  away  hack  into 
the  interior,  and  a  level,  well-cultivated  country  pre- 
sents itself. 

Its  length,  from  Whitehall  to  Fort  Montgomery, 
is  \oT%.  miles ;  its  greatest  width,  which  is  near  the- 
outlet  of  Au  Sable  River,  is  \2]/i  miles,  anc 
greatest  depth  (at  a  point  l^  miles  southeast  ol 
Essex  Landing),  399  feet.  Measuring  down  into 
Missisquoi  bay,  the  extreme  length  of  the  lake  may 
be  found  at  about  118  miles.  Its  elevation  above 
tide  is  99  feet.  It  contains  a  number  of  beautiful 
islands,  principally  near  the  north  end,  the  two 
largest  known  respectively  as  North  and  South 
Hero,  and  collectively  as  Grand  Isle,  a  county  of 
Vertnont. 


Whitehall. 


I',  m 


The  D.  &  H.  R.  R.,  extending  along  the  west 
shore  of  the  lake,  in  an  air  line,  between  New  York 
and  Montreal,  is  the  main  artery  of  travel  between 
the  two  great  cities.  At  various  points,  rail  or  stage 
routes  diverge,  leading  to  the  central  portions  of 
the  wilderness. 

2.  Whitehall*  is  at  the  head  of  Lake  Cham- 
plain;  219  miles  north  of  New  York,  78  from  Al- 
bany. It  was  originally  called  Skeenesborough, 
after  Col.  Philip  Skeene,  who  accompanied  Aber- 
crombie  in  1758;  was  wounded  in  his  attack  on 
Ticonderoga,  and,  after  Amherst's  victorious  ad- 
vance the  following  year,  was  appointed  comman- 
dant at  Crown  Point,  at  which  time  he  projected 
the  settlement.  In  1765,  he  obtained  a  grant  of 
the  township,  and,  in  1770,  took  up  his  residence 
here.  On  the  breaking  out  of  the  Revolution  he 
took  sides  with  the  Royalists,  accompanied  Bur- 
goyne  in  his  expedition  against  Ticonderoga,  and 
was  captured  with  him  at  Saratoga.  His  property 
was  confiscated  by  act  of  Legislature  in  1779. 

At  Whitehall,  the  train  from  the  south  divides, — 
a  part  going  east,  the  remainder  north,  along  tho 
principal  street,  through  the  tunnel,  and  across  the 
marsh-bottomed  basin,  toward  a  notch  cut  out  of  its 
farther  rirn.  Just  before  entering  the  rock  cut  al- 
luded to,  we  see  on  the  east  a  short  double  crook, 
in  a  narrow  channel,  known  as  "  Fiddler's  Elbow," 
where,  under  water,  are  the  hulks  of  some  of  the  ves- 
sels engaged  in  the  battle  of  Plattsburgh  in  18 14. 
On  the  high  point  of  rocks  just  over  and  slightly  to 
the  north  of  the  Elbow  is  Fort  Putnam,  where  Gen- 


*  In  going  south  along  Lake  Cbamplain,  read  numbered  paragraphs  in  re- 
Terse  order,  begining  at  Rouse's  Point,  page  1J3.  " 


:he  west 
ew  York 
between 
or  stage 
rtions  of 

:e  Cham- 
from  Al- 
borough, 
;d  Aber- 
ttack  on 
rious  ad- 
comman- 
projected 

grant  of 
residence 
lution  he 
lied  Bur- 
roga,  and 

property 

79- 
divides, — 

along  the 
across  the 
out  of  its 
)ck  cut  al- 
ble  crook, 
5  Elbow," 
of  the  ves- 
ta in  1814. 
slightly  to 
Inhere  Gen- 


^..  -  ,-. 


ragrapbs  in  re- 


Lake  Champlain. 


97 


eral  Israel  Putnam  lay  in  ambush,  waiting  for  the 
French  and  Indians  under  the  command  of  Marin. 

The  train  skims  over  the  surface  of  the  marsh  on 
the  long  trestle,  straight  as  an  arrow  flies,  for  a  mile, 
and  over  the  draw  at  the  outlet  of  South  Bay  around 
which  Dieskau  led  his  men  to  attack  Fort  Edward, 
in  September  of  1755- 

Win  ig  in  and  out,  we  continue  along  the  west 
shore.  On  the  east,  at  intervals,  are  the  odd,  little 
numbered  light-houses,  and  posts  where  lanterns  are 
hung  nights  to  mark  the  tortuous  channel.  Low, 
reedy  islands  and  points  float  outward  from  the 
shores,  and  the  grand,  rocky  gateways,  opening  up 
as  we  advance,  reveal  vistas  of  wondrous  beauty,  of 
far-reaching  water,  and  of  the  blue  of  distant  moun- 
tains. 

Twenty-three  miles  north  of  Whitehall  is  the 
steamboat  landing,  and  the  junction  of  the  branch 
road  from  Lake  George  with  the  main  line  running 

north. 

The  Steamer  Vermont,  Captain  B,  I.  Holt, 
commander,  belongs  to  the  Champlain  Transporta- 
tion Co.  It  was  built  in  187 1,  rebuilt  and  re- 
furnished in  1892.  It  is  271  feet  long,  36  foot  beam, 
65  foot  beam  over  all.  It  runs  regularly  between 
Plattsburgh  and  Ticonderoga,  leaving  Plattsburgh 
at  7  A.  M.,  touching  at  Bluff  Point,  Port  Kent  and 
Burlington,  arriving  at  this  point  about  noon.  Re- 
turning, leaves  on  arrival  of  passengers  from  Lake 
George  and  the  south.  Passengers  by  the  morning 
boat  through  Lake  George  will  find  the  Vermont 
awaiting  them  here.  Dinner  is  served  on  board. 
And,  by  the  way,  the  dinners  served  on  the  steamer 
Vermont  have  been  noted  for  years  for  their  whole- 


_*.:.i:.__-.^._--..;. 


Kneassasn 


Lake  Champlain. 

someness,  and  for  the  plethora  of  good  things  (vith 
which  the  table  is  loaded.  On  the  other  hand, 
the  appetite  which  a  ride  over  Lake  George  or  Lake 
Champlain  gives  a  body  is  also  a  constant  source  of 
wonderment — and  it  costs  just  a  dollar  here  to  do 
justice  to  the  one  and  satisfy  the  other. 

8.  The  Ruins  of  Fort  Ticonderoga  can  be 
seen  on  the  promontory  lying  about  one  mile  north 
of  the  steamboat  landing.  Here  were  enacted  the 
principal  events  in  the  play  of  the  lake  ;  here  savage 
and  civilized  tribes  contended  for  the  country  on 
either  hand ;  here  two  great  nations  struggled  for 
the  prize  of  a  continent  which  neither  could  retain, 
and  precious  blood  fllowed  like  water  for  this,  the 
key  to  the  "gate  of  the  country,"  by  its  position 
elected  to  become  historic  ground. 

Claimed  by  the  Hurons  and  Algonquins  on  the 
north,  and  by  the  Five  Nations  on  the  south,  Lake 
Champlain  was  permanently  occupied  by  neither. 
It  lay  between  two  sections  that  were  continu- 
ally at  war  with  each  other — the  bloody  middle 
ground,  over  which  each  party  in  its  turn  swept, 
carrying  ruin  in  its  path.  This  had  made  the 
lovely  shores  a  solitude.  Thus  Champlain  found 
it  when,  in  July,  1609,  he  sailed  south  with  the 
Indians  from  the  St.  Lawrence  to  make  war  upon 
their  southern  enemies,  and  "  encountered  a  war 
party  of  the  Iroquois  on  the  29th  of  the  month, 
about  ten  o'clock  at  night,  at  the  point  of  a  cape 
which  puts  out  into  the  lake  on  the  west  side."  In 
the  morning  a  battle  ensued.  Champlain  says: 
"  Ours  commenced,  calling  me  in  a  loud  voice,  and, 
making  way  for  me,  opened  in  two,  and  placed  me 
at  their  head,  marching  about  20  paces  in  advance 


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Champlain's  Battle. 

until  I  was  within  30  paces  of  the  enemy.     The  mo- 
ment they  saw  me  they  halted,  gazing  at  me  and  I 
at  them.     When  I  saw  them  preparing  to  shoot  at 
us,  I  raised  my  arquebus,  and  aiming  directly  at 
one  of   the  three   chiefs,  two  of  them   fell  to  the 
ground  by  this  shot,  and  one  of  their  companions 
received  a  wound,  of  which  he  died  afterward.     I 
had  put  four  balls  in  my  .    quebus.     Ours,  in  wit- 
nessing a  shot  so  favorable  to  them,  set  up  such  tre- 
mendous shouts  that  thunder  could  not  have  been 
heard  ;  and  yet  there  was  no  lack  of  arrows  on  one 
side  and  the  other.     The  Iroquois  were  greatly  as- 
tonished, seeing  two  men  killed  so  instantaneously, 
notwithstanding  they  were  provided  with  arrow- 
proof  armor,  woven    of   cotton-thread   and    wood. 
They  lost  courage,  took  to  flignt,  and 
abandoned  the  field  and  their  fort,   hiding  them- 
selves in    the  depths  of   the  forests ;  whitlTer  pur- 
suing them  I  killed  some  others.       .      .      .       The 
place  where  the  battle  was  fought  is  43  degrees  some 
minutes  north  latitude,  and  I  named  it  Lake  Cham- 
plain."     Ticonderoga  is  13>^  degrees  north  latitude, 
and  probably  the  cape  referred  to  "  which  puts  out 
into  the  lake  on  the  west    side."      The    French 
claimed  the  country  by  virtue  of  Champlain's  dis- 
covery, and  in    1731,  while  at   peace  with   Great 
Britain,  they  advanced  to  Crown  Point  and  erected 
Fort  St.  Frederick. 

The  English  claimed  this  territory  by  right  of 
purchase  and  treaty  with  the  Five  Nations.  Gen- 
eral Johnsoir  was  sent,  in  1755,  to  drive  the  French 
from  Crowt.  Point,  but  halted  at  Lake  George, 
when  Baron  Dieskau  made  his  famous  dash  around 
French  Mountain,  defeated  Colonel  Williams,  and 


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Lake  Champlun. 

attacked  the  main  army,  to  be  defeated  in  turn. 
He  then  retreated  to  Ticonderoga,  and  began  the 
erection  of  a  fort,  which  he  called  "  Carillon" 

In  1757,  somewhat  enlarged,  it  wcs  occupied  by 
Montcalm,  who  marched  thence  to  the  capture  of 
Fort  William  Henry.  In  1758  Abercrombie  made 
his  unsuccessful  attack  on  the  old  French  lines, 
which  resulted  in  his  total  defeat,  with  a  loss  of 
nearly  2,cxx)  killed  and  wounded.  The  following 
year  Amherst  entrenched  before  them,  and  the 
French,  satisfied  that  they  could  not  successfully 
resist  him,  abandoned  and  set  fire  to  the  works,  and 
the  English  took  possession  in  the  morning.  The 
English  advanced  on  Fort  St.  Frederick,  the  French 
retreated  into  Canada. 

Amherst  repaired  and  enlarged  the  works  at  Ti- 
conderoga and  Crown 
Point  on  a  scale  of 
great  magnifi- 
cence, but 
never  after 
was  a  shot 
from  the 
frowning 
embrasures 
directed 
against  an 
approaching 
foe.  Peace  be- 
tween the  nations 
soon  followed  and  the 
forts  were  allowed  to  fall  into  a  state  of  ill  repaj' 
and  were  poorly  garrisoned  when  the  revolution 
broke  out.    Ticonderoga  had  but  50  men,  all  told. 


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Fort  Ticonderoga. 


IT 


when  in  the  gray  of  the  morning  of  the  lOth  of  May, 
1775,  Ethan  Allen  and  83  of  his  "Green  Mountain 
boys "  stole  in  through  the  wicket  gate  and  de- 
manded its  surrender  "in  the  name  of  the  Great 
Jehovah  and  the  Continental  Congress." 

In  1777  the  brilliant  general  Burf^'^vne  with  7,500 
men  came  from  the  north  and  laid  siege  to  Ticon- 
deroga. St.  Clair,  who  was  then  in  command,  had 
barely  sufficient  troops  to  man  the  principal  works, 
and  when  the  English  took  possession  of  Mt.  Defi- 
ance, from  which  they  could  drop  shot  right  over 
into  their  midst,  he  abandoned  the  fort,  stealing 
away  on  the  night  of  July  4th. 

After  the  capture  of  Burgoyne  at  Saratoga,  the 
British  retired  into  Canada,  but  in  1780  the  old  fort 
was  again  occupied  by  the  troops  under  General 
Haldiman.  Then  came  another  enemy,  silent,  but 
resistless  as  the  march  of  time — frosts  to  rack  and 
tempests  to  beat  upon  the  old  walls,  until  they  tot- 
ter and  fall  away,  disappearing  one  by  one,  and 
bringing  the  time  when  naught  shall  remain  but  the 
name  it  bears,  and  that  uncertain. 

Ticonderoga  is  the  generally  accepted  compos- 
ite of  a  dozen  or  more  Indian  terms  applied  to  the 
place,  all  with  something  of  the  same  sound,  as 
Tieuderoga,  Cheonderoga,  etc.,  the  words  used  by 
the  natives  meaning  the  coming  together  or  meeting 
of  waters*  instead  of  the  commonly  given  version 
of  "  sounding  waters,"  Carillon,  the  name  given  it 
by  the  French,  meaning  "  niusic  racket,  a  chime," 
may  have  been  suggested  by  the  sounding  waters 
of  the  falls  at  the  outlet  of  Lake  George,  two  miles 
distant. 


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*  CoUen,  1765.    Pownell,  1774. 


J:6t^i'fi 


103 


Lake  Champlain. 


The  old  battery  on  the  bluff,  above  the  fort 
steamboat  landin<;,  is  said  to  have  been  the  original 
Carillon.  Back  on  the  higher  ground  are  the  bar- 
rack walls,  trenches  and  bastions.  On  the  west, 
beyond  the  outlet  of  Lake  George,  is  Mount  Defi- 
ance. Opposite  the  fort  at  the  southeast,  the  laks.* 
is  narrowed  down  by  the  near  approach  of  Mount 
Independence,  which  was  also  fortified  while  St. 
Clair  held  connmand.  Between  the  two  points  ran 
the  chain,  or  floating  bridge. 

The  lake  here  turns  toward  the  north,  thus  wash- 
ing three  sides  of  the  promontory.  Among  the 
oaks,  just  west  of  the  tunnel,  is  the  old  French 
lines,  reaching  over  the  ridge  and  nearly  across  the 
peninsula.  The  trenches,  embankments  and  two  or 
three  redoubts  are  clearly  defined.  Across  the  lo- 
cust-covered flat,  just  north  of  the  ruins,  from  a 
point  near  the  drawbridge,  lay  Ethan  Allen's  route 
in  1775. 
4.  Crown  Point  is  1 1  miles  north  of  Ticonder. 
oga.  On  the  lake-shore,  are  the 
furnaces  of  the  Crown  Point  Iron 
Company,and  the  eastern  terminus 
of  a  narrow-gauge  railway,  which 
extends  back  13  miles  to  iron  mines 
at  Hammondville,  1,300  feet  above  the  lake. 

6.  Fort  Frederick  is  the  landing  at  Crown 
Point  Ruins,  about  6  miles  north  of  Crown  Point 
village.  The  steamboat  lands  here  on  regular  trips. 
The  grounds  have  been  fltted  up  by  the  Champlain 
Transportation  Company  for  the  accommodation  of 
picnic  parties  that  are  brought  here  by  their  steam- 
boats, with  a  dancing  pavilion,  refreshment  rooms, 


w« : 


;  the  fort 
le  original 
e  the  bar- 
the  west, 
»unt  Defi- 
,  the  laksT 
of  Mount 
while  St. 
)oints  ran 

hus  wash- 
mong  the 
Id  French 
icross  the 
nd  two  or 
ss  the  lo- 
s,  from  a 
en's  route 

Ticonder. 
e,  are  the 
i*oint  Iron 
1  terminus 
^ay,  which 
iron  mines 
ce. 

at  Crown 
)wn  Point 
ular  trips, 
ilhamplain 
odation  of 
leir  steam- 
nt  rooms, 


Lakk  Champlain. 


105 


platforms  and  open  spaces  for  games,  swings,  and 
other  innocent  acccssoiies  to  sport.  The  lake  is  here 
narrowed  down  by  the  land  on  which  the  ruins 
stand,  on  the  west  side,  the  point  marked  by  a  stone 
light-house,   and    by  Chimney    Point,  approaching 


ArmOACHING  C«0W1I  rOINT  RUIMS  FHOM  TH«  »OUTH. 

I  Crown  Poict  Light  Houie  ;  «  Port  Henry  j  3  Chimner  Point. 

from  the  east.  At  the  narrowest  point  in  the  pass- 
age, are  the  scarcely  visible  ruins  of  Fort  St.  Fred- 
erick,  built  by  the  French  in  1731.  This  point  be- 
came a  noted  trading  post  at  that  time,  the  savag6s 
coming  to  exchange  peltry  for  civilized  fire-water 
and  other  necessaries.  Under  the  protecting  guns 
of  the  old  fort  it  developed  into  a  village  of  1,500 
inhabitants.  Remains  of  cellars  and  flagged  walks, 
extending  back  toward  the  west,  still  show  signs  of 
its  old-time  prosperity. 

Crown  Point  Ruins  are  over  at  the  west.  The 
walls  of  stone  barracks  are  still  in  a  good  state  of 
preservation,  and  the  extensive  earthworks  indicate 
the  mapnitude  of  the  fortifications.  They  were 
commenced  by  Amherst  in  1759,  and  completed  at 
an  expense  of  ten  million  dollars,  but  never  was  a 
shot  fired  from  them  at  an  approaching  enemy. 
When  Ethan  Allen  captured  Fort  Ticonderoga, 
Crown  Point  was  garrisoned  only  by  a  sergeant  and 
12  men,  and  was  taken  possession  of  by  a  part  of 


^  '  -^*7T^f  """'^ 


104 


Lake  Champlain. 


Allen's  men  under  Seth  Warner.  In  1777  it  was 
occupied  by  Burgoyne  in  his  triumphant  march 
south — triumphant  until  he  reached  Saratoga. 

BULWAGA  Bay  is  at  the  west,  over  beyond  the 
peninsula  on  which  the  ruins  stand.  Dr.  Geo.  F. 
Bixby,  of  Plattsburgh,  whose  researches  have  con- 
firmed, or  proved  the  falsity  of,  many  popular 
beliefs  concerning  the  early  history  of  the  Champlain 
Valley,  believes  the  shores  of  the  peninsular  just 
west  of  Crown  Point  Ruins  to  be  the  place  wh  ire 
Champlain  encountered  the  Iroquois  to  their  confu- 
sion ;  and  the  cape  referred  to  by  him  "  which  puts 
out  into  the  lake  on  the  west  side.' 


I.  < 


CROWN   POINT  FROM  THK  NORTH. 

X  Crown  Point  Light  House  ;  2  Ruins  of  Old  Fort  St.  Frederick ;  3  Ruins  of 
Crown  Point  Barraclcs. 

6.  Port  Henry,  two  miles  north-west  of  Crown 
Point  ruins,  is  exceedingly  picturesque.  It  ex- 
tends from  the  lake  shore  well  up  on  the  side  of  the 
mountain  that  rises  boldly  beyond,  aad  has  a  num- 
ber of  elegant  private  residences,  occupied  by  the 
iron  magnates  of  that  section,  with  churcnes,  public 
schools,  a  pretty  opera  house,  etc.  The  Lee  House 
furnishes  very  good 
accommodations. 

The  Lake  Cham-  »  ^*"*"""  ^^ft-*^'"^-*' 

PLAIN  AND  MORTAH 

R.  R.  is  seven  miles 

long,  extending  from  Port  Henry  to  the  ore  beds  at 

Mineville.  1,300   feet   above.     The  grade   is   neces- 


1777  '*  '"'^s 
liant  march 
ratoga. 
beyond  the 
Dr.  Geo.  F. 
IS  have  con- 
ny  popular 
eChampIain 
lingular  just 
place  wh  ire 
their  confu- 
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lerick ;  3  Ruina  of 

;st  of  Crown 
que.  It  ex- 
e  side  of  the 
has  a  num- 
ipied  by  the 
rcnes,  public 
e  Lee  House 


e  ore  beds  at 
de   is  neces- 


Lake  Champlain. 


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sarily  heavy.  At  one  point  it  is  2S6>4  feet  to  the 
mile.  The  average  is  2  ii  feet.  Th^ grade  contains 
three  "  Ys,"  where  the  nature  of  the  Jtscent  renders 
a  curve  impracticable.  By  plank-road  Mincville  is 
but  five  miles  from  the  lake. 

7.  The  Chever  Ore  Bed  is  two  miles  north  of 
Port  Henry,  near  the  lake  shore. 

8.  The  Y  M.  C.  A.  of  Albany,  has  a  summer-  camp 
on  No-Man's  Island,  we^t  shore,  a  mile  south  of  Bar- 
ber Point  light  house.  Rules  require,  obedience  to 
leader,  attendance  at  Bible  Study,  quiet  at  lo  P.  M. 

9.  Westport  is  a  pretty  little  village,  on  a  deep 
bay  setting  into 
the  western 
shore.fifty  miles 
north  of  White- 
hall. It  is  the 
natural  gate- 
way  into  the  mountains,  via  Elizabethtown  and 
Keene  Valley,  and  possesses  attractions  of  its  own 
that  recommend  it  strongly  to  the  summer  visitor. 

The  Westport  Inn,  overlooking  the  steamboat 
landing,  is  under  the  management  of  Mrs.  O.  C. 
Daniell  and  Mrs.  Henry  C.  Lyon.  Capacity  50. 
Rates,  $3  per  day.     This  is  an  excellent  house. 

The  Gibbs  House,  formerly  Richards  House,  is 
at  the  northern  border  of  the  village.  Capacity  40. 
Rates,  $2  per  day  ;  $8  to  $14  per  week.  N.  J.  Gibbs, 
proprietor. 

The  "  Water  Lily,"  a  small  steamboat,  runs 
from  Westport  to  Vergennes  daily,  on  arrival  of  the 
steamer  Vermont  from  the  south,  returning  in  the 
morning   to    connect  with  the   south  bound  boat. 


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Lake  Champlain. 


The  Water  Lily  is  notable  among  steamboats  as 
having  a  lady  at  the  wheel,  in  the  person  of  Mrs. 
Captain  Daniels,  who  is  saia  to  be  the  first  and  only 
regularly  licensed  lady  piloc  in  the  United  States. 
Fare,  $l.oo.     Round  trip,  $1.50. 

Steamer  Chateaugay,  Capt.  Baldwin,  leaves 
this  point  at  7:00  A.  M.  daily,  Sunda}'s  excepted,  and 
touching  ai:  Cedar  Bay,  Burlington,  Plattsburgh 
and  intermediate  points,  arrives  at  North  Hero  at 
12:15.  Returning  over  the  same  course  reaches  Es- 
sex at  6.00  P.  M.  This  boat  belongs  to  the  C.  T. 
Co.,  and  was  launched  at  Shelburne  Harbor,  No- 
vember I,  1887.  It  is  203  feet  long,  and  59  feet 
wide  over  all.  Water  line,  I95  feet ;  beam,  30  feet. 
The  hull  is  of  rolled  steel  plates,  made  from  Cha- 
teaugay ore,  with  a  wrought  iron  frame,  braced  in  the 
most  substantial  manner,  and  provided  with  water- 
tight compartments.  The  engine  is  a  vertical-beam, 
jet  condensing  engine,  44-inch  cylinder,  lo  ft.  stroke. 
The  paddle-wheels  are  of  the  new  "  feathering " 
pattern,  23  feet  in  diameter.  The  boat  draws  four 
and  a  naif  feet  of  water,  and  will  make  20  miles  an 
hour. 

*0.  Calamity  Point  is  on  the  west,  about  two 
miles  north  of  Westport.  Here  the  luckless  steamer 
Champlain  was  wrecked  in  1875  while  running  north 
on  her  regular  night  trip.  The  immediate  cause  of 
the  disaster  has  never  been  explained,  as  the  night 
was  no  more  than  ordinarily  dark,  but  since  that 
time,  day  or  night  when  running,  the  pilot  houses  of 
the  sister  boats  invariably  contain  two  competent 
men.  Captain  Rushlow  ot  the  Vermont  was  then 
in  command  of  the  Champlain,  and  it  was  due  to 
his  self-possession  that  no  panic  ensued  to  lead  to 


Lake  Champlain. 


107 


eamboacs  as 
rson  of  Mrs. 
irst  and  only 
nited  States. 

iwin,  leaves 
xcepted, and 

Plattsburgh 
rth  Hero  at 
;  reaches  Es- 
to  the  C.  T. 
Harbor,  No- 

and  59  feet 
earn,  30  feet, 
de  from  Ch". 
braced  in  the 
i  with  water- 
ertical-beam, 

10  tt.  stroke. 
'  feathering  " 
it  draws  four 
:  20  miles  an 

it,  about  two 
kless  steamer 
unning  north 
iate  cause  of 
as  the  night 
t  since  that 
ilot  houses  of 
>  competent 
ont  was  then 
was  due  to 
d  to  lead  to 


loss  of  lite.     Her  engine  now  does  efficient   service 
in  the  graceful  "  Horicon  "  on  Lake  George. 

11.  Split  Rock  Mountain  extends  along  the 
west  shore   terminating  in  a  sharp   point   8   miles 
north  of    Westport.     The   sides   toward   the  lake, 
close   under  which   the  steamer  runs  at  times,  are 
precipitous,  and  at   points  wild   and   grand.     Barn 
Rock  (a  corruption  probably  of  Barren  Rock)  shows 
the  upturned  edges  of  strata  lying  at  a  sharp  angle 
with  the  surface  in  a  bold   point  enclosing   a  deep 
harbor.     "The  Palisades,"  a   little  way  north,  are 
grand  perpendicular  cliffs.     Rock   Harbor,   a  mile 
lurther  north,  shows  an  "  effort,"  where   Gotham's 
cx-Boss,  Tweed,  tried  his  hand  at  digging  ore.  Open- 
ings are  to  be  seen  in  the  mountain  side,  with  piles 
of  ore  below,  and  the  buildings  high  up  in  the  notch 
beyond.     Grog  Harbor— a  charming  little  cove  de- 
spite its   name — is  near  the   northern  end    of    the 
mountain. 


SPLIT  ROCK  FROM  THE  NORTH. 

1  Grand  Vie-v  Mt.,  Vt.;  2  Split  Rock  Light ;  3  Split  Rock  ;  4  Whalon's  Bay. 

Split  Rock  is  at  the  northern  termination  of  the 
mountain  bearing  the  same  name.  It  is  a  rough 
fragment,  perhaps  a  half  acre  in  area,  separated  from 
the  main  land  by  a  narrow  passage.  In  the  uncer- 
tain  records  of  old  Indian  treaties,  it  is  claimed  that 
this  rock  marked  the  line  between  the  tribes  of  the 
St.  Lawrence  and  those  of  the  Mohawk  Valley.     !♦■ 


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also  divides  the  hcnor  of  being  the  ancient  "  Rock 
Regio  "  with  Rock  Dunder,  lying  just  south  of  Bur- 
lington. It  was  the  unremovt.ble  monument  set  up 
by  the  treaty  of  Utrecht  in  1710  to  indicate  the  line 
between  English  and  French  possessions,  and  later 
accepted  as  the  northern  boundary  of  New  York, 
but  in  the  rearrangement  of  the  geographies  in  the 
school  of  1775  and  1776,  the  line  drifted  some  sixty 
miles  further  north. 

12.  Otter  Creek  enters  the  lake  from  the  east> 
something  over  five  miles  north  of  Westport.  This 
is  the  longest  river,  or  creek,  in  Vermont,  and  is 
navigable  to  Vergennes,  whose  spires  may  be  seen 
some  distance  inland. 

Fort  Cassin  was  built  at  the  mouth  of  Otter 
Creek,  and  some  of  the  works  are  still  visible.  Within 
the  creek  a  portion  of  the  American  squadron  was 
fitted  out  in  1814,  which,  under  Commodore  Mc- 
Donough,  defeated  the  British  Commodore  Downie 
at  Plattsburgh  in  September  of  that  year. 

Vergennes,  is  eight  miles  back  from  the  lake, 
following  the  course  of  the  river,  although  in  an  air- 
line but  little  more  than  half  of  that  distance.  Ver- 
gennes is  one  of  the  oldest  cities  in  New  England, 
dating  its  organization  back  to  1789,  and  is  cele- 
brated as  the  smallest  incorporated  city  in  the  coun- 
try. It  has  a  population  of  about  2,000  inhabitants, 
with  all  the  honors  and  added  dignity  of  a  mayor 
and  board  of  aldermen. 

The  Stevens  House,  owned  and  under  the 
management  of  Mr.  S.  S.  Gaines,  has  accommoda- 
tions for  about  100  guests.  Telegraph,  telephone 
and  express  offices  are  in  the  house.  Board  costs 
from  $8  to  $12  per  week. 


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13.  Cedar  Beach,  on  the  Vermont  shore,  nearly 
opposite  Split  Rock,  is  a  village  of  cottage-camps 
owned  principally  by  resiuents  of  Burlington. 

14.  Essex,  a  small  village  on  the  west  shore,  is 
10  miles  north  of  Westport. 

16.  The  Bouquet  River  empties  into  the  lake 
four  miles  north  of  Essex  landing.     It  is  navigable 
for  about  a  mile.     It  was  a  rendezvous  of  Burgoyne's 
flotilla  in  his  advance  op  T">onderoga  in  1777,  and  in 
1812  was  entered   by  b.. ......  gunboats  to  work  the 

destruction  of  the  little  village    of  Willsborough 
lying  a  mile  inland. 

16.  The  Willsborough  stands  near  the  north- 
ern extremity  of  Willsborough  Point,  a  low  penin- 
sula about  four  miles  long  by  one  wide  separating 
Willsborough  Bay  from  the  main  lake.  The  house 
has  capacity  for  100  guests.  J.  Henry  Otis,  pro- 
prietor, P,  O.,  Willsborough  Point.  Rates,  $3.00 
per  day;  |i2  ^o  $18  per  week.  Open  June  to  Oc- 
tober. The  accommodations  here  are  all  that  can 
be  reasonably  desired,  except  that  they  are  not  suf- 
ficient for  the  demand,  and  during  July  and  August 
would-be  guests  will  do  well  to  engage  rooms  in  ad- 
vance. Steamer  Chateaugay  lands 
daily.  Railroad  station  is  Wills- 
borough, fiv6  miles  distant.  Notice 
should  be  sent  in  advance  to  assure 
attendance  of  carriage  on  arrival  of 
train. 

The  American  Canoe  Associa- 
tion holds  its  annual  meet  again  this  year  on  the 
north  end  of  Willsborough  Point,  August  4th  t<J 
25th  inclusive.  This  is  an  international  organiza- 
tion with  a  membership  of  over  a  thousand  and  is 


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composed  largely  of  literary  and  professional  men. 
The  Association  is  bound  by  a  code  of  rules  that 
keeps  it  free  from  what  may  be  termed  "  professional- 
ism." Its  official  organs  are  "  Forest  and  Stream  " 
and  "  Rudder,  Sail  and  Paddle."  The  in  itiationfee 
is  one  dollar,  annual  dues  one  dollar.  Charles  V. 
Winne  of  Albany,  Commodore;  W,  B.  Wacker- 
hagen,  Albany,  Secretary  and  Treasurer. 

The  Association   is  divided   into  four   divisions, 
Eastern,  Northern,  Atlantic  and  Southern.     E.  L. 
French,  of  Buffalo,  is  Vice-Commodore,  and  C.  C. 
Belman  of  Amsterdam,  Purser,  of  the  Central  Divi- 
sion, in  whose  jurisdiction  the  Meet  is  held  this  year. 
The  A.  C.  A.  was  organized  at   Lake   George   in 
1880,  and  has  mtt  annually  since  that  time  at  Lake 
George  and  other  places.     The  camp  is  under  strict 
police  surveillance  and  strangers  are  not  allowed  on 
the  grounds  except  under  certain  restrictions  and 
on  regular  visitors'  day,  at  which  time  it  is  intended 
that  some  of  the  most   interesting  events  of  the 
Meet  shall  transpire. 

17,  The  Four  Brothers  are  near  the  middle 
of  the  lake,  east  of  Willsborough  Point.  Here  oc- 
curred the  running  engagement  between  Benedict 
Arnold  and  Capt.  Pringle,  in  1776,  in  which  the 
English  were  victorious. 

18.  Juniper  Island  is  northeast  of  the  Broth- 
ers, with  high,  almost  vertical  walls,  and  surmounted 
by  a  light-house. 

After  leaving  Essex  Landing  the  boat  passes  out 
into  the  broadening  lake  gradually  nearing  the  Ver- 
mont side  in  the  approach  to  Burlington.  Back 
inland  are  the  two  highest  peaks  of  the  Green 


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Lake  Champlain. 

Mountains — Mansfield,  4,350  feet   above  tide,  and 
Camel's  Hump,  the  Leon  Couchant  of  the  French. 

19.  Rock  Dunder  is  a  prominent  object,  as  we 
near  Burlington.  It  is  a  sharp  «-one  about  20  feet 
high,  believed  by  Winslow  C.  Watson,  the  historian, 
to  be  the  famous  "  Rock  Regio, "  so  frequently 
mentioned  in  colonial  records,  notwithstanding  the 
counter-claims  of  Split  Rock.  The  steamer  usually 
passes  close  by  on  its  east  side.  Pottier's  Point' 
terminates  a  long  stretch  of  regular  shore  on  the 
right. 

20.  Shelburne  Harbor  is  east  of  Pottier's 
Point.  Here  are  the  ship-yards  of  the  Champlain 
Transportation  Company,  and  here  have  been  built 
all  the  large  boats  of  Lake  Champlain.  It  is  worthy 
of  note  that  but  one  year  after  Robert  Fulton's 
first  steamboat  was  launched  on  the  Hudson  River 
a  steamboat  was  built  and  launched  at  Burlington. 
And  it  could  run  5  miles  an  hour  without  heating 
the  shaft,  too. 

La  Plotte  river  empties  into  Shelburne  Harbor. 
It  is  said  its  name  was  bestowed  because  of  an  in- 
cident of  the  Revolution.  It  appears  that  a  party 
of  Indians  had  left  their  canoes  unguarded  on  the 
banks  while  making  a  raid  on  the  scattered  settle- 
ment beyond.  They  were  finally  driven  back  by 
the  whites  and  took  to  their  canoes  for  safety,  but 
the  canoes  had  been  discovered  by  some  prying 
settlers  and  riddled  with  holes  which  let  the  water 
in,  and  the  settlers  now  proceeded  to  riddle  the 
savages  also.  The  Green  Mountain  Boys  were  very 
artistic  about  these  little  affairs. 


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Lake  Champlain. 

several  hundred  acres  along  the  shore  of  the  lake, 
and  is  credited  with  looking  still  for  more. 

21.  Burlington  is  a  beautiful  city  of  nearly 
15,000  inhabitants,  80  miles  north  of  Whitehall.  It 
is  one  of  the  largest  lumber  marts  in  the  country, 
standing  fourth  in  the  order  of  business.  The  firms 
representing  a  capital  of  $4,000,000,00.  150,000,000 
(eet  of  lumber  are  sold  annually  from   the  markets. 

Three  railroads  centre  here — the  Central  Ver- 
mont, the  Burlington  &  Lamoille,  and  the  Rutland 
&  Burlington  railroad. 

The  Champlain  Transportation  Company  has  its 
general  offices  here,  its  steamers  running  to  connect 
with  the  D.  &  H.  trains  on  the  west  shore,  and  to 
Adirondack  points. 

The  University  of  Vermont  is  located  here — 
crowning  the  hill,  on  the  western  slope  of  which,  the 
principal  part  of  the  city  lies.  Among  other  public 
buildings  of  interest  are  the  Medical  College,  Bill- 
ings Library  building,  Vermont  Episcopal  Institute, 
St.  Joseph's  College,  Park  Gallery  of  Art,  Fletcher 
Free  Library,  the  Mary  Fletcher  Hospital,  and  the 
Young  Men's  Christian  Association  building.  Joined 
to  the  last  is  the  book  store  of  S.  Huntington  &  Co., 
which  is  one  of  the  most  complete  in  appointments 
of  any  store  devoted  to  this  business,  outside  the 
great  cities  of  the  country. 

On  the  high  land,  back  of  the  city,  overlooking 
Winooski  Valley,  is  the  Green  Mountain  Cemetery, 
where  lies  the  body  of  Vermont's  famous  son, 
Ethan  Allen.  A  monument  of  Barre  granite,  50 
feet  in  height,  surmounted  by  a  statue  of  Allen, 
marks  the  spot,  and  is  a  shrine  often  visited  by  ad- 
mirers of  the  Hero  of  Ticonderoga. 


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Hotels  are  Hotel  Burlington,  Delaney  &  Har- 
rington, proprietors.  Rates,  $2.00  and  $2.50  per 
day ;  and  the  Van  Ness  and  American  Houses, 
U.  A.  Woodbury,  proprietor,  H.  N.  Clark,  manager. 
Rates,  $3  00  and  $3.50  per  day. 

22.  Colchester  Point  reaches  out  half  way 
across  the  broad  lake  north  of  Burlington,  and  still 
further  west  are  Colchester  reef  and  light-house,  a 
blood-red  light  marking  the  outermost  rock  at  night. 

f23.  Schuyler  Island  is  a  large  cultivated 
island  lying  near  the  west  shore.  Trembleau 
Mountain  is  beyond,  terminating  at  Trembleau 
Point. 

24.  Port  Kent  is  10  miles  from  Burlington. 
Below,  the  town  is  not  attractive ;  but  above,  along 

the  brow  of  the 
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very  pleasant, 
comfort  able 
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among  them 
the  old  home 
of  Elkanah  Watson,  the  historian. 

Trembleau  Hall,  a  boarding  house,  with  capacity 
for  about  20  guests,  has  been  opened  recently  by 
Farrel  &  Adgate.     Rates  unknown. 

The  Keeseville,  Au  Sable  Chasm  and  Lake  Cham- 
plain  Railroad  runs  from  Port  Kent  to  Keeseville, 
passing  over  tht  chasm  a  short  distance  below  '  sauti- 
ful  Rainbow  falls.  It  is  five  miles  long  and  was 
built  primarily  in  the  interests  of  the  Au  Sable 
Horse  Nail  words  at  Keeseville,  for  the  transporta- 
tion of  the  material  used  in  their  extensive  works. 


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Lake  Champlain. 

This  is  the  point  of  departure  for  Au  Sable  Chasm 
and  the  interior,  via  the  Au  Sable  Valley. 

Au  Sable  Chasm  is  the  Yosemite  in  miniature. 
The  Au  Sable  River,  coming  out  from  the  moun- 
tains of  the  south,  through  the  valley  past  Keese- 
ville,  breaks,  after  many  a  rush  and  tumble,  over 
the  rocks  into  Au  Sable  Chasm,  in  the  beautiful 
Rainbow  Falls,  then  hurrying  downward  through 
devious  ways,  creeping  under  towering  cliffs,  resting 
in  dark  places  where  the  sun  never  shines,  finally 
emerges  from  the  gloom  into  the  broad  willowy 
way  to  mingle  later,  after  many  twists  and  turns, 
with  the  quiet  waters  of  Lake  Champlain. 

It  is  a  vast  fissure  in  the  Earth's  surface,  its  walls 
that  now  stand  apart,  were  apparently  united  and 
solid  in  the  past  ;  projections  on  the  one  side  are 
faced  by  corresponding  depressions  on  the  other ; 
strata  broken  off  here  are  continued  over  there. 
Low  down  are  found  petrified  specimens  of  the  first 
orders  of  animal  life  and  ripple  marks  made  when 
the  rock  was  in  its  plastic  state — the  bed  of  some 
lake  or  ocean — and  above  these,  in  successive  layers, 
towers  nearly  a  hundred  feet  of  solid  rock. 

Who  can  say  what  ages  have  passed  away  since 
the  restless  sea  beat  upon  this  unknown  shore  and 
left  the  marks  of  its  wavelets  for  us  to  wonder  at  ? 
Thought  is  lost  away  back  in  the  eternity  of  "  The 
Beginning"  when  darkness  was  upon  the  face  of  the 
deep.  Later  came  the  dawn  of  Creation,  and  in  its 
full  light  the  lowest  of  animal  creatures  lived  their 
brief  day  and  added  their  mite  to  old  Ocean's  bot- 
tom. Long  ages  rolled  away.  Floods  swept  over 
the  uneasy  world  that  reeled  and  staggered  with  the 
pulsations  of  its  heart  of  fire.  The  Earth's  thin  shell 


Lake  Champlain. 


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bubbled  up  into  mountain  ridges  and  broke  like 
crackle  glass,  then,  cooling,  left  its  marks  in  ragged 
heights  and  fearful  depths.  Then  came  great  ice- 
bergs, grinding  the  uplifted  points  to  atoms  in  their 
course,  polishing,  leveling  and  filling  up  the 
openings.  Then  the  water  fled  away,  leaving  the 
seams  and  cracks  filled  with  a  rich  alluvium  gathered 
in  passing  centuries,  holding  in  its  bosom  the  germs 
of  vegetable  life  that  in  time  covered  all  with  a  man- 
tle of  green.  The  yearly  rains  descended,  floods 
swept  down  from  the  mountains  above,  washing  out- 
ward the  loose  deposit  and  the  softer  rock  that 
had  filled  these  crevices,  and  revealing  to  us  this 
wonderland  of  "  The  Walled  Banks  of  the  Au  Sable." 
In  1873  a  number  of  gentlemen  from  Philadelphia, 
under  the  corporative  name  of  The  Ausable  Com- 
pany, acquired  the  land  lying  along  the  west  side, 
with  an  entrance  and  an  exit  on  the  east,  and  built 
stairways,  galleries  and  bridges,  which,  with  the  aid 
of  boats  near  the  lower  end,  enabled  visitors  to  pass 
entirely  through  the  chasm.  In  1879  the  old  wooden 
galleries  were  replaced  by  stone  walks  with  substan- 
tial iron  railings,  bridges  were  erected  above  high 
water  mark,  or  made  movable  so  as  to  be  taken  up 
at  the  close  of  the  season,  and  put  back  in  the 
spring,  and  new  boats  were  placed  in  the  navigable 
waters  below  Table  Rock,  to  carry  visitors  through 
the  otherwise  inaccessable  portions  of  the  gorge. 
The  admission  to  the  chasm  is  :;o  cents ;  the  boat 
ride  50  cents  additional.  The  boats  are  in  charge 
of  experienced  men,  and  although  exciting,  the  ride 
is  attended  with  no  danger,  so  the  most  timid  need 
not  hestitate  in  going.  ..,...,, 


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The  Lake  View  House  overlooks  the  head  of 
the  Chasm  from  the  east.  Capacity  lOO.  Rates, 
$2. 50  per  day ;  special  for  week  or  season  ;  open 
June  Mt  to  October  15th.  P.  O.,  Au  Sable  Chasm. 
W.  H,  Tracy  proprietor.  The  main  structure  was 
burnt  last  spring  but  a  smalK.r  one  was  promptly 
erected  to  take  its  place.  The  dining  capacity  is 
practically  unlimited  The  hotel  and  Chasm  are 
under  one  management  and  Mr.  Tracy  should  be 
addressed  for  particulars  relating  to  either.  The 
admission  fee  to  the  Chasm  depends  upon  circum- 
stances ;  large  parties  are  admitted  at  reduced  rates; 
guests  of  the  Lake  View  have  free  access.  Guides 
are  unnecessary,  as  once  in  the  Chasm,  the  course  is 
plain,  guide  boards  and  signs  pointing  the  way  and 
calling  attention  to  notable  places  until  Table  Rock 
is  reached  where  boats  are  entered  for  the  remainder 
of  the  trip.  Stop-over  privileges  are  given  passen- 
gers by  rail  and  boat  at  Port  Kent.  The  hotel  car- 
riage  conveys  guests  to  and  from  the  Chasm  station 
for  25  cents  the  round  trip. 

Admission  to  the  Chasm  is  gained  through  "The 
Lodge,"  a  picturesque  building,  octagonal  in  form, 
pagoda-like,  unique  and  attractive.  Within,  will  be 
found  photographs,  books  and  curios  pertaining  to 
the  place.  Before  descending,  note  the  queer  effect 
the  stained  glass  in  the  lodge  windows,  give  to  ob- 
jects seen  through  them,  where  the  blue  makes 
frosty  winter,  and  the  red  the  most  insufferable  of 
summers  of  the  same  objects. 

Rainbow  Falls,  at  the  head  of  the  Chasm,  flings 
its  mass  of  water  from  nearly  70  feet  above  into  the 
gulf  below.     Horse  Shoe  Falls  is  nearly  opposite 


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Lake  Champlain. 


121 


the  entrance.  Note  its  suggestive  shape  from  the 
lookout,  before  descending  the  stairs. 

Pulpit  R.0CK  faces  us  as  we  approach  the  Elbow, 
which  is  the  first  turn  below  the  entrance.  Split 
Rock  shows  on  the  left  at  the  farthest  point  visible  as 
you  turn  around  the  Elbow.  The  rock  which  stands 
at  the  left  of  the  opening  made  by  the  splitting  off 
of  a  large  fallen  mass  is  called  the  Elephant's  Head 
and  with  the  morning  sun  lighting  up  the  massive 
front,  the  name  does  not  seem  inappropriate. 

Stop  when  you  reach  the  end  of  the  bridge  that 
crosses  here.  The  Devil's  Oven  is  in  the  wall  which 
shuts  off  our  farther  advance  on  the  right  of  the 
stream.  Why  "  Oven"  is  not  so  clear,  for  if  you 
climb  the  rough  rocks  and  enter  its  30  feet  of  depth, 
you  will  not  find  it  the  superheated  place  sug' 
gested,  but  rather  the  reverse.  The  same  tropical 
imagination  that  conceived  of  this  and  some  of  the 
other  names  applied  to  places  here,  gave  to  the  nar- 
row passage-way  at  our  feet  the  name  of  Hell  Gate, 
and  looking,  one  does  not  really  wonder  at  the 
fancy.  From  Hell  Gate,  rising  in  a  great  sweep 
heavenward,  away  from  the  rushing  waters,  is 
Jacob's  Ladder. 

Across  the  bridge  we  go,  around  the  rocky  abut- 
ment toward  the  left,  clinging  perhaps  to  the  iron 
railing  which  prevents  our  sliding  into  the  water  be- 
low, beneath  overhanging  rocks,  over  the  seething 
water,  across  the  bridge  which  spans  the  Devil's 
Punch-Bowl — pausing,  perhaps,  to  glance  into  the 
green  depths  of  the  Fernery  at  our  left — down 
across  the  worn  rocks,  then  zig-zag  up  the  side  to  a 
higher  level.  Here  is  one  of  the  most  remarkable, 
specimens    of    rock  boring   in   the  country,  called 


B'-f^mfiY^T 


;..     i 


THB  SEMTINBU 


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Lake  Champlain. 


I5«3 


Jacob's  Well,  showing  where  some  vagrant  stone, 
caught,  perhaps,  ?n  an  eddy  when  the  stream  ran 
here,  and  whirled  away  continually,  ground  its  way 
down  through  the  strata  of  soft  rock,  until  it  wore 
itself  out  I  .  vain  beatings  against  its  prison  walls. 
Here  a  bridge  crosses  Mystic  Gorge,  to  the  Long 
Gallery  beyond  which,  descending,  we  come  to 
Point  of  Rocks.  Note  high  up  the  sides  of  those 
rocks  the  segments  of  a  large  bowl  similarto  Jacob's 
Well,  and  backward  the  rapids  which,  seen  from 
this  point,  in  the  sunshine  at  noon,  are  very  beauti- 
ful. Opposite  this  point  is  Hyde's  Cave,  named 
after  a  venturesome  individual,  who,  in  1871,  let 
himself  down  by  a  rope  from  the  rocks  above  and 
was  the  first  to  reach  its  dual  entrance.  Below 
the  bridge,  which  leads  to  Hyde's  Cave,  on  the 
same  side  of  the  stream,  is  Bixby's  Grotto. 

Returning  to  the  north  shore.  Smuggler's  Pass» 
directly  opposite  the  Grotto,  is  crossed  by  a  bridge. 
You  may  follow  along  the  ledge  if  you  like  and  lose 
yourself  from  sight  where,  back  from  the  river,  this 
passage  winds  into  quite  a  large  chamber.  More 
stairways  are  found  as  we  proceed,  then  comes  the 
Post  Office.  This  post  office  has  neither  post  mas- 
ter nor  distinguishing  name  in  the  postal  depart- 
ment, but  nevertheless  does  a  large  business,  pecu- 
liarly its  own,  as  the  observant  visitor  will  notice. 
No  charge  is  made  here  for  drop-letter  or  cards,.and 
many  avail  themselves  of  the  privilege. 

Clinging  close  to  the  rocks  protected  by  the  iron 
railing  we  pass  along  high  up  at  this  point,  then 
through  the  Hanging  Garden,  and,  descending,  cross 
to  Table  Rock. 


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124 


Lake  Champlain. 


From  the  upper  point  of  Table  Rock  look  back- 
ward through  the  Upper  Flume.  See  Column  Rocks 
at  the  farthest  visible  point  on  the  left,  and,  if  the 
sun  be  right,  notice  the  Altar-cloth  hanging  over  the 
water  at  the  right.  Turning,  the  Anvil  is  before 
you  ;  partially  hidden,  perhaps,  by  the  rustic  canopy 
which  has  been  built  against  it  to  afford  shade  for 
such  as  may  care  to  take  advantage  of  it  when,  for 
two  or  three  brief  hours  in  the  middle  of  the  day, 
the  sun  pours  its  beams  down  into  this  open  space. 
Back  of  the  Anvil,  Cathedral  Rocks  rise  a  hundred 
feet  above  the  level  floor,  suggesting  in  their  broken 
lines,  some  vast  cathedral's  ruined  towers  and  aisles. 
"  The  Sentinel "  stands  guard  at  the  outer  corner  of 
Cathedral  Rocks. 

Through  a  cleft  in  the  lower  edge  of  Table  Rock 
we  descend  and  enter  the  large  batteaux  found 
waiting  here  for  the  passage  through  the  Grand 
Flume  and  beyond.  Do  not  fear  for  these  boats 
are  strong  and  serviceable,  to  withstand  the  hard 
knocks  they  get  at  times,  and  in  charge  of  stalwart 
boatmen  who  will  guide  us  safely  through  the  excit- 
ing passage  below.  The  Grand  Flume  reaches  from 
Table  Rock  for  some  distance  down.  Here  the 
water  runs  straight  away,  shut  in  by  walls  that  rise 
perpendicularly  up  for  more  than  a  hundred  feet, 
while  the  dip  of  the  rock-strata  on  either  side  gives 
one  the  queer  sensation  of  -unning  down  quite  a 
steep  hill. 

Here,  at  the  narrowest  place,  the  cliffs  are  scarcely 
ten  feet  apart,  and  the  sky  above  seems  but  a  narrow 
ribbon  of  blue.  The  water  seems  to  round  up  in  the 
middle  and  actually  to  run  on  edge.  No  plummet 
has  ever  been  found  to  sound  its  depths.    Over  this 


SL 


Lakk  Champlain. 


125 


look  back- 
jmn  Rocks 
ind,  if  the 
ng  over  the 
I  is  before 
Stic  canopy 
1  shade  for 
;  when,  for 
>f  the  day, 
pen  space. 

a  hundred 
leir  broken 

and  aisles. 
:r  corner  of 

'able  Rock 
aux  found 
the  Grand 
hese  boats 
1  the  hard 
of  stalwart 
1  the  excit- 
aches  from 

Here  the 
Is  that  rise 
idred   feet, 

side  gives 
wn  quite  a 

ire  scarcely 
ut  a  narrow 
d  up  in  the 
0  plummet 
Over  this 


spot  the  main  road  crossed  years  ago,  and  the  place 
is  spoken  of  now  by  the  older  inhabitants  as  "  High 
Bridge."  A  story  is  told  to  the  effect  that  when 
after  a  time  the  bridge  was  condemned  and  the 
plank  taken  off  leaving  only  the  naked  log  stringers 
stretched  across,  a  horseman  went  across  one  dark 
and  stormy  night,  unconscious  of  his  danger  at  the 
time,  although  remembering  afterward  that  as  he 
approached  in  the  intense  darkness,  his  horse  had 
hesitated,  and  when  urged  moved  forward  in  fear 
and  trembling. 

The  Lower  Gate-Way  ends  the  Long  Flume  and 
ushers  us  into  the  Pool,  The  Sentry  Box  is  at  the 
right  as  we  emerge  into  the  open  space.  On  the  left 
there  is  a  larger  creavasse  in  which,  leaning,  stands 
the  Broken  Needle.  At  the  Pool,  the  river  turns 
sharply  to  the  left  and  leads  downward  over  dancing 
rapids  where  we  go  until,  rounding  to  the  right,  we 
enter  quiet  water  once  more,  and  finally  pass  out 
into  the  basin  where,  at  the  landing,  carriages  are 
taken  to  convey  us  back  to  the  hotel. 

It  is  well  to  have  passed  through-Au  Sable  Chasm 
once  in  a  life  time.  Such  scenes  make  man  realize 
the  puny  creature  that  he  is,  for — in  the  somewhat 
stalwart  language  of  Will  Carleton  : 

" To  appreciate  Heaven  well 

It  is  ij^ood  for  a  man  to  have  some  fifteen  minutes  of  Hell." 

25. — Three  miles  north  of  the  landing  at  Port ' 
Kent,  is  the  sandy  niouth  of  the  Ausable  River 
whichSs  supposed  to  have  suggested  its  name,  Au- 
sable meaning  "  a  river  of  sand."  A  wooded  de- 
pression in  the  ground  above  shows  the  course  of 
the  river.  Across  from  this  is  the  widest  uninter- 
rupted portion  of  the  lake,  being  here  a  little  more 


126 


^AKE  CHAMPLAIN. 


?! 


than  ten  miles  in  width.  Measuring  down  into 
Mallett's  bay  brings  the  distance  to  about  13  miles. 

26.  Valcour  Island  is  about  six  miles  north 
of  Port  Kent,  the  steamer  passing  between  it  and 
the  main  land  on  the  west.  Here,  Oct.  11,1776, 
occurred  the  first  naval  engagement  of  the  Revolu- 
tion, between  the  British,  commanded  by  Captain 
Thomas  Pringle,  and  the  Amerfcans  under  Benedict 
Arnold.  The  British  plan  was  to  send  a  fleet  from 
the  north  to  capture  Ticonderoga  and  clear  the  way 
for  a  junction  with  the  army  of  the  south,  that 
should  come  by  way  of  the  Hudson.  Early  in  the 
spring  they  began  the  construction  of  ships  at  St. 
Johns,  and  the  last  of  September  the  fleet — consist- 
ing of  a  three-masted  vessel  carrying  eighteen  guns, 
and  two  schooners  with  thirteen  guns  each,  with 
smaller  vessels,  twenty-nine  vessels  in  all,  mounting 
eighty-nine  guns,  manned  by  picked  seamen  and 
practiced  gunners — moved  south  to  the  attack. 
When  it  became  known  that  preparations  of  this 
nature  were  in  progress  at  St.  Johns,  Arnold  was 
commissioned  to.  construct  vessels  to  oppose  them. 
Massing  all  possible  help  and  material  at  Skenes- 
borough  (now  Whitehall),  he  set  about  the  work  with 
tremendous  energy,  and  in  August  put  afloat  a  num- 
ber of  flat-bottomed  sailing  craft  and  row  galleys, 
carrying  altogether  84  guns  and  152  swivel-guns. 
The  largest  of  these  vessels  was  the  "  Royal  Savage," 
a  two-masted  schooner  carrying  fourteen  guns. 
With  this  force  Arnold  sailed  north,  going  as  far  as 
Windmill  Point,  then  returning,  took  up  a  position 
in  the  narrow  channel  between  Valcour  Island  and 
the  main  land. 

The  British  fleet,  running  before  the  strong  north 


'  i^ifenA^rri^'j'iit^^'i 


''y^'^:-r^;'!^'':"'asj-'vAf  Ji'y!';;f'^-f-^''i^' 


Lake  Champlain. 


down  into 
it  1 3  miles, 
miles  north 
ween  it  and 
:t.  II,  1776, 
the  Revolu- 

by  Captain 
ler  Benedict 
a  fleet  from 
lear  the  way 

south,  that 
Early  in  the 

ships  at  St. 
eet — consist- 
jhieen  guns, 
}  each,  with 
11,  mounting 
seamen   and 

the  attack, 
tions  of  this 
,  Arnold  was 
)ppose  them. 
.1  at  Skenes- 
he  work  with 
afloat  a  num. 

row  galleys, 

swivel-guns, 
jyal  Savage," 
irteen  guns. 
}ing  as  far  as 
ip  a  position 
ir  Island  and 

strong  north 


127 

wind,  passed  on  the  outside  of  the  island  and  some 
distance  beyond,  before  discovering  the  position  of 
the   Americans.     So  severe  was  the  wind  that  the 
larger  vessels  could  not  be" brought  back  to  attack 
and  only  some  of  the  smaller  ones  with  the  schooner, 
Carletcn,  finally  succeeded   in  getting  into  position. 
The  engagement   continued  most  of  the  aftet^noon 
during  which   the  "  Royal  Savage "  was  disal   ;d, 
and  drifting  on  the  rocks  was  abandoned.     Punng 
the  night  it  was  set  on  fire  by  the  British  and  sunk. 
Portions  of  the  hull  can  yet  be  seen  when  the  water 
is   still,  resting   on   the  bottom  where  it  then  went 
down.     The  attacking  vessels  were  recalled  and  an- 
chored in  line  at  the  south,  to  cut  off  the  retreat  of 
the  A'.i'.ricans.     During  the   night,   however,  the 
Americans  slipped  through  the  British  line   and  in 
the  morning  were   discovered  making    industrious 
tracks  toward  the  south  and  safety.     The  British 
pursuing,  overhauled  Arnold  near  the  Four  Brothers 
and  a  running  fight  ensued  which  demonstrated  the 
superiority  of  the  British  vessels  and  gunners.     The 
remnant  of  the  American  boats,  almost  disab  ed, 
was  grounded  in  a  bay  on  the  Vermont  shore  near 
Panton  and  set  on   fire,  and  Arnold  and  his  men 
made  their  way  through  the  woods  to  Crown  Point. 
In  these  engagements,  although  defeated,  Arnold 
acquitted  himself  in   such  a   nr.anner  as  to  win  the 
admiration  of  his  enemies  and  the  approval  of  his 
superior  officers.      Benedict  Arnold   was  born    in 
Norwich,  Conn..  Jan.  3d,  1741,  and  died  in  London, 
June  14,  l8oi.    As  a  youth,  turbulent ;  as  a  soldier, 
ambitious,  bold  to  rashness  and  jealouj  of  his  fel- 
low officers ;  dishonest ;  the  transition  from  discon- 
tented rebel  to  infamous  traitor  was  easy.    He  was 


.•^^h 
•'',^i ". 


X         I 


128 


Lake  Champlain. 


-his   fall  was  like   that   of 


a  brilliant  commander- 
Lucifer. 

Valcour  Island  was  the  spot  selected  for  "  a  com- 
munal home,  based  on  the  principles  of  social  sci- 
ence," where  the  "  Dawn  Valcour  Community " 
dawn«d  on  the  astonished  world  of  1874,  grew  into 
a  mighty  power  (on  paper),  with  "  Col."  John  Wil- 
cox to  furnish  the  intellectual,  and  "  Uncle  "  Owen 
Shipnian  the  temporal  home;  where  congenial  spirits 
were  invited  to  commingle  in  promiscuity,  but  all 
too  soon  were  on  the  ragged  edge  of  individuality, 
while  the  musical  auctioneer  warbled  over  the  odds 
and  ends  that  remained  to  satisfy  outside  demands. 
In  the  words  of  one  of  its  leading  members,  the 
thing  "  busted  ;"  and  the  "  Dawn  "  was  merged  into 
twilight,  to  furnish  another  lesson  on  the  practica- 
bility of  free  love. 

27.  Hotel  Champlain,  the  superb,  is  seen  on 
the  bold  headland  that  puts  out  from  the  west 
shore  just  north  of  Valcour  Island.  It  does  not 
come  upon  you  suddenly,  as  a  revelation.  You  have 
seen  it  over  the  lake  for  miles  back  on  your  course, 
before  the  steamer  had  touched  at  Burlington,  per- 
haps, or  from  the  car  window  as  the  reeling  train 
swung  around  Trembleau  Mountain  nearly  ten  miles 
away,  and  at  intervals  ever  since  as  the  road  wound 
in  and  out  along  the  shore.  Now,  as  you  approach, 
its  magnificent  proportions  come  out  in  grand  re- 
lief against  the  sky. 

"Commanding"  is  not  misapplied  here.  The 
hotel  stands  on  a  height  that  breaks  away  abruptly 
in  all  directions  for  a  space,  then  in  gentler  slope 
reaches  the  level  of  the  lower  shores  north  and 
south,  the  water  on  the  east,  and  the  valley  toward 


It. 


h"*te>>W»i^'^M'iH'it'B»Ji*'i''»'ii'<'itf' 


y;  'W  f^t>m 


e   that   of 

r  "  a  com- 
social  sci- 
nmunity  " 
grew  into 
John  Wil- 
:le  "  Owen 
nial  spirits 
ty,  but  all 
lividuality, 
r  the  odds 
:  demands, 
mbers,  the 
erged  into 
i   practica- 

is  seen  on 

the  west 

does   not 

You  have 

3ur  course, 

ngton,  per- 

eling  train 

y  ten  miles 

oad  wound 

I  approach, 

I  grand  re- 

here.  The 
ly  abruptly 
ntler  slope 
north  and 
lley  toward 


r.^.v  ?''^>^'^y%«  '!^Vt  V  ■  ■  '"^f?^^" 


T'/twrt^.^T*"/ 


;''T 


Lake  Champlain. 


129 


the  west  where  the  trains  on  the  D.  &  H.  flash  like 
gleaming  shuttles  through  the  vari-tinted  web  of  cul- 
tivated  fields  and  cross-line  country  roads.  Long 
colonades ;  broad  piazzas  conforming  to  the  swelling 
contour  of  facing,  east,  south  and  west ;  breezy 
porticos,  and  balconies,  hung  along  its  sides  or 
perched  high  up  on  tower  and  sharply  sloping  roof, 
give  grace  and  lighiness  to  the  structure  that  rises 
above  the  tops  of  the  trees  crowning  the  rugged 
bluff.  Distance  gives  to  it  the  lightness  of  a  castle 
built  of  straws,  the  closer  view  reveals  it  solid  and 
substantial  as  the  most  realistic  could  wish. 

At  a  moderate  elevation  it  commands  in  an  un- 
broken circuit  a  panorama  that  for  picturesque  va- 
riety and  beauty  is  equaled  perhaps  nowhere  in  the 
country.  Having  no  near  mountain  heights  to  dwarf 
its  own  strong  setting,  it  looks  out  from  its  own 
native  wilderness  over  land  and  water  diversified 
and  changeful.  It  is  restful,  rather  than  overpower- 
ing  with  great  heights  and  dismal  depths.  Right 
and  left  runs  the  valley  with  its  checker-board  of 
field  and  woodland  ;  its  network  of  roads  ;  its  quaint 
farm  buildings  gathered  here  and  there  in  little 
knots  that  form  hamlets  and  prosperous  villages,  and 
beyond,  hills  rising  into  the  ranges  of  the  Adiron- 
dacks  that  stretch  across,  pointed  at  intervals  with 
the  grander  mountain  peaks.  Toward  the  southeast 
a  splendid  road  winds  through  the  trees  to  the  dock 
where  busy  life  attends  as  the  steamers  come 
and  go.  East  a  t>road  swathe  has  been  cut  out 
through  the  green  trees  down  to  the  water's  edge, 
where  gleam  the  beach  of  "  The  Singing  Sands  " 
circling  in  a  broad  belt  toward  the  south,  between 
the  restless  water  and  the  thick  growing  cedars. 


■  =^siKM^'~nA<^u>>t^4bA^i^rj*sitaf^^ 


^.TT^?'- • 


Lake  Champlain. 


'31 


'A\ 


[n 


yi'^i 


Towards  the  north  are  perpendicular  cliffs  that  attain 
quite  a  height  —  the  bluffs  Which  undoubtedly  gave 
to  the  point  its  name.  They  are  cleft  asunder  at 
one  place  and  made  memorable  by  the  tradition  of 
the  White  Squaw  and  the  Bloody  Hand  that  left  its 
marks  on  the  walls,  and  later  as  the  place  where 
smugglers  successfully  landed  their  stores  free  from 
suspicion  because  of  its  seeming  inaccessibility,  to 
those  who  were  not  in  the  secret. 

Valcour  island  lies  like  a  garden  below,  bordered 
with  its  varying  belt  of  shrubbery.  Beyond  stretches 
the  broad  lake,  dotted  here  and  there  with  islands 
to  the  shores  of  Vermont,  the  Green  Mountains  be- 
yond rising  into  the  heights  of  Canel's  Hump  and 
Mount  Mansfield.  North  and  east  are  Grand  Is'e 
and  the  Great  Back  Bay  ;  at  the  north  Cumberland 
Head,  the  sweeping  circle  of  Plattsburgh  Bay  where 
occurred  that  splendid  naval  battle  of  1814 — the  last, 
as  the  battle  of  Valcour  was  the  first,  with  the 
mother  country — and  nearer,  the  little  island  where 
sleep  the  dead  of  that  eventful  day. 

Within  the  hotel  is  found  everything  that  apper- 
tains to  a —  oh,  much,  an  ill-used  term — first-class 
house.  Every  modern  appliance  tending  to  the 
comfort  of  guests  will  be  fo«nd  here.  Its  man- 
agement will  undoubtedly  be  all  which  time  and  ex- 
perience has  shown  to  be  the  most  acceptable  to  the 
travelled  public,  for  O.  D.  Seavey,  of  the  Ponce  de 
Leon,  St.  Augustine,  Florida,  is  at  its  heaH 

Excursions  may  be  made  by  steamboat  from  this 
point  south  to  Ticonderoga  or  north  among  the  is- 
lands and  on  to  the  fishing  grounds  of  the  Lake.  A 
fleet  of  boats,  ranging  from  the  light  Whitehall  skiff 


■in 


■im 


I 


13a 


Lake  Champlain. 


to  the  dainty  little  steam  yachl,  are  here  for  charter. 
Drives  are  many  and  varied,  and  equipages  here  to 
suit  all  occasions.  The  distance  from  New  York  is 
308  miles  ;  fare  $8.05.    To  montreal,  77  miles :  fare 


D.  « 


'JtOAO  STATION. 


$2.71.  Quick  and  ^^..^enient  train  service  will  he 
maintained  throughout  the  season  north  and  south. 
Trains  on  the  Chateaugay  Railroad  leave  in  the 
morning,  arriving  at  Saranac  Lake  and  the  various 
hotel?  ieached  by  the  Chateaugay  Railroad  in  time 
for  dinner. 

Crab  Island,  some  distance  north  of  Valcour,  is 
the  burial  place  of  the  common  sailors  and  marines 
who  fell  in  the  battle  of  Plattsburgh.  North  of  this, 
and  projecting  well  out  across  the  lake,  is  Cumber- 
land Head,  from  which  the  shore  recedes  toward  the 
north  and  west,  then  comes  back  in  a  wide  sweep, 
embracing  the  waters  of  Cumberland  Bay. 

The  Battle  of  Plattsburgh  took  place  here 
in  1 8 14.    Stripped  of  detail,  the  account  of  this  de- 


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LAKE  ClIAMPLAW. 


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cisivc  battle  is  as  follows  :  On  u  beautiful  Sabbath 
morning,  September  nth,  1814,  the  American  land 
forces  under  General  McComb,  and  the  American 
fleet  under  Commodore  Macdonough,  were  simuU 
taneously  attacked  by  the  British  land  and  water 
forces,  under  Genera!  Sir  George  Provost  and  Com- 
modore Downie.  The  engagement  resulted  in  a 
complete  victory  for  the  former,  only  a  few  small 
boats  of  the  enemy  effecting  a  successful  retreat. 
At  the  commencement  of  the  naval  engagement, 
the  British  land  forces,  consisting  of  I4,CXX)  infantry 
advanced  against  the  Americans,  3,000  strong,  en- 
trenched  at  points  along  the  south  bank  of  the  river, 
but  were  repulsed  with  a  loss  of  2,500  in  killed, 
wounded  and  missing.  They  also  lost  immense 
stores,  which  were  abandoned  in  their  retreat — which 
served  them  right  f<^r  breaking  the  Sabbath.  The 
ruins  of  the  old  fort  ,  are  to  be  seen  on  the  south 
outskirts  of  the  village.  The  largest — Fort  Moreau 
— is  in  the  centre,  Fort  Brown,  on  the  bank  A  the 
river,  and  Fort  Scott  near  the  lake.  Plattsburgh  is 
a  regular  army  post.  The  barracks,  about  a  mile 
south  of  the  village,  near  the  lake  shore,  built  in 
1838,  are  occupied  by  a  company  of  soldiers  belong- 
ing to  the  regular  army. 

Plattsburgh  is  on  the  west  shore  of  this  bay,  a 
thriving  village  of  8,000  inhabitants.  It  is  of  con- 
siderable commercial  importance,  being  on  the  di- 
rect line  between  New  York  and  Montreal,  311  miles 
from  the  former  and  74  from  the  latter.  It  is  the 
northern  terminus  of  the  Au  Sable  (Branch)  Rail- 
road, and  from  it  the  Chateaugay  Railroad  pene- 
trates the  mountains  toward  the  west.  Plattsburgh 
is  thoroughly  cosmopolitan,  with  an  opinion  to  offer 


134 


L.AKE  CHAMPLAIN. 


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on  every  question  of  the  day,  exerting  no  mean 
influence  through  its  wide-awake  newspapers,  the 
Daily  Telegram,  and  the  Sentinel  and  Republican — 
the  latter  instituted  in  i8ii,and,  notwithstanding 
its  age,  one  of  the  most  reliable  and  ably  conducted 
democratic  weeklies  in  the  state. 

The  first  settler  in  this  region  was  Count  Charles 
de  Fredenburgh,  a  captain  in  the  English  army, 
The  warrant  conveying  the  land  to  him  bore  date 
June  11,  1769. 

The  property  reverting  to  the  state  after  the  Revo- 
lution, was  granted,  in  1784,  to  Zephaniah  Piatt  and 
others,  and  incorporated  into  the  town  of  Platts- 
burgh,  April  4,  1785.  A  company  was  then  organ- 
ized which,  in  June  of  the  same  year,  erected  a  mill 
at  Fredenburgh  Falls.  The  estimate  of  expense 
contained  among  other  items,  the  following :  "  For 
bread,  $65  ;  for  rum  $80."  They  used  a  great  deal 
of  bread  in  those  days. 

In  the  year  1800  Plattsburgh  was  the  county 
seat,  its  territory  extended  from  Lake  George  on 
the  south  to  Canada  and  the  St.  Lawrence  River  on 
the  north  and  west.  The  village  then  possessed  a 
population  of  less  than  300,  and  within  the  county 
limits  were  owned  at  this  time  58  slaves. 

The  Fouquet  House  is  at  the  depot,  and  affords 
a  convenient  stopping  place  for  partieis  arriving  late 
or  desiring  to  take  an  early  train  out. 

The  Witherill  House  is  near  the  post-office. 
It  is  elegant  in  its  appointm'^nts,  its  pictures  and 
decorations  displaying  a  high  degree  of  artistic  taste. 

The  Cumberland  stands  at  the  corner  of 
Trinity    Square.     It  is  one  of  the    oldest  hotels. 


Lake  Champlain. 


135 


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but  has  renewed  its  youth,  and  is  in  splendid  con- 
dition under  its  new  management.  Rates,  $2.50  per 
day.  Charles  F.  Beck,  late  of  the  Florida  House, 
St.  Augustine,  Florida,  and  of  Hotel  Champlain, 
Rouse's  Point,  is  proprietor.  A  free  bus  runs  to 
trains  and  boats,  and  ample  time  is  given  for  break- 
fast here  between  the  arrival  of  morning  train  from 
the  south  and  departure  of  train  for  the  interior. 

There  is  also  an  excellent  restaurant  in  the  depot, 
under  railroad  management,  where  a  good  lunch  can 
be  had  at  a  moderate  price,  or  a  really  superior  and 
well  ordered  meal  during  the  twenty  or  more  minutes 
given  for  that  purpose  between  the  arrival  and  de- 
parture of  trains  on  the  main  line. 

The  Chateaugay  Railroad  extends  from 
Plattsburgh  to  Saranac  Lake,  a  distance  of  73  miles 

The  first  section 
was  built  by*lhe 
State  to  reach 
Clinton  Prison,at 
Dannemorn,  17 
miles  from  Platts- 
burgh. In  1880, 
it  was  extended 
to  Lyon  Moun- 
tain, 17  miles 
further ;  but  the 
influx  of  Adirondack  tourists  was  increased,  and  the 
road  that  climbed  an  altitude  of  2,000  feet,  to  Lyon 
Mountain,  must  go  farther  into  the  wilderness.  So 
it  was  extended  to  Loon  Lake.  In  1888,  19  miles 
more  were  added,  bringing  it  to  Saranac  Lake,  dis- 
tributing its  passengers  by  various  stage  routes  that 


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136 


Lake  Champlain. 


branch  from  it  to  a  score  or  more  of  summer  hotels. 
By  it  tourists  reach  Chazy,  Chateaugay,  Loon,  Rain- 
bow, St.  Regis,  and  Upper  and  Lower  Saranac 
Lakes,  Ray  Brook,  Lake  Placid,  Mirror  Lake,  Cas- 
cade Lakes  and  Adirondack  Lodge.  A  Wagner 
sleeping  car  leaves  Grand  Central  station,  New  York, 
daily,  the  year  round,  for  Plattsburgh,  where  passen- 
gers are  given  time  for  breakfast,  before  leaving  for 
the  interior.  During  the  pleasure  season,  passengers 
can  leave  Grand  Central  Station  at  7:30  P.  M.,  con- 
necting with  trains  leaving  Plattsburgh  7:30  A.  M.. 
and  reach  the  various  resorts  in  time  for  dinner. 
Passengers  can  leave  New  York  at  6  P.  M.,  by  Hud- 
son River  night  boats  and  by  the  Adirondack  special 
from  Albany  or  Troy,  reaching  Plattsburgh  at  12:20 
and  Saranac  Lake  4:30  P.  M.,  the  following  day. 
Sleeping  and  drawing-room  car  accommodations  can 
be  secured  in  advance  at  any  of  the  stations.  Draw- 
ing-room cars  are  run  on  all  trains.  A  Sunday  train 
each  way  will  run  during  July  and  August  connect- 
ing with  sleeper  for  New  York. 

30.  Cumberland  Head  is  three  miles  from 
Plattsburgh.  Near  it  occurred  the  naval  battle  of 
18 14.  Continuing  northward  the  west  shore  is  low 
but  picturesque  in  its  irregular  line  of  deep  bays 
and  projecting  points,  but  of  little  interest  historical- 
ly except  for  the  old  fort  that  once  stood  on  Point 
au  Fer,  built,  according  to  the  best  authorities,  in 
1774,  then  comes  Rouse's  Point.  ;     <  i;  ,■:<  is    .-.' 

31.  Rouses  Point,  according  to  the  United 
States  Coast  Survey,  is  about  107  miles  north  of 
Whitehall,  although  the  deviation  from  the  direct 
line  made  by  the  steamboat  in  reaching  the  various 
landings,  increases  the  distance  a  number  of  miles. 


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Lake  Champlain. 


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It  is  a  place  of  considerable  commercial  interest, 
and  the  most  important  port  of  entry  on  the  fron- 
tier. Five  railroads  centre  here,  viz  :  The  D.  &  H., 
leading  to  New  York,  the  O.  &  L.  C,  to  Ogdens- 
burg  and  the  Thousand  Islands,  the  Grand  Trunk 
to  Montreal,  the  Portland  &  Ogdensburg  to  the 
White  Mountains,  and  the  Central  Vermont  to  Bos- 
ton and  the  southeast.  There  is  a  very  good  hotel 
at  the  station  and  another — Hotel  Windsor — on  the 
lake  shore  a  half  mile  south  of  the  village. 

82.  Fort  Montgomery,  a  little  way  north  of 
the  long  bridge,  is  an  interesting  ruin  belonging  to 
the  United  States.  About  a  mile  north  of  this  a 
belt  of  woodland  marks  the  boundary  line  between 

the  United  States  and  Canada. 

«  •  «  *  «  * 

The  Islands  of  Lake  Champlain  lie  principally 
in  its  northern  and  broader  parts.  The  larger  ones 
are  North  and  South  Hero  and  Isle  La  Motte, 
which,  with  others  of  less  note,  and  with  Alburgh 
Tongue — extending  from  the  north  centrally  eleven 
miles  south  of  tlie  Dominion  line — constitute  Grand 
Isle  county  belonging  to  the  State  of  Vermont. 
Concerning  this  section,  that  enthusiastic  sportsman. 
Dr.  Georg*!  F.  Bixby,  editor  of  the  Pittsburgh  Re 
publican  says : 

"  Here  are  islands  which  now  appear  in  their 
original  beauty  as  when  Champlain  first  saw  them, 
the  abode  of  eagles,  so  secluded  are  they.  Here  is 
better  fishing,  all  the  year  round,  than  any  other 
body  of  water  in  Northern  New  York  can  boast  of ; 
big,  hungry  fish,  voracious  pike,  huge  black  bass,  as 
well  as  the  muscallonge — that  nearly  extinct  fish — 
the  noblest  and  gamiest  that  swims,  ready  for  the 


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Lake  Champlain. 


fisherman  at  all  seasons.  In  their  season,  water  fowl 
abound — enormous  black  ducks  and  wild  geese,  with 
smaller  game  in  abundance,  while  its  facilit}'  of  ac- 
cess from  the  Hudson  and  St.  Lawrence  for  all  kinds 
of  craft;  hospitality  of  inhabitants,  pure  air;  pure 
water ;  delightful  scenery,  eligible  camping  grounds 
and  abundant  bases  of  supplies,  all  offer  irresistible 
attraction  to  those  unable  to  endure  the  fatigue 
incident  to  a  lodge  in  the  vast  wilderness,  or  that 
other  class  who  are  'constitutionally  Jred.'  " 

In  proof  of  the  Doctor's  faith  in  his  own  medicine 
is  "  Eagle  Reef  Lodge  "  on  the  North  Sister,  where 
lucky  friend  or  luckless  castaway  may,  alike,  feel  cer. 
tain  of  1  hearty  welcome. 

South  Hero,  the  largest  of  the  islands,  is  twelve 
miles  long  and  fills  about  one-third  of  the  width  of 
the  lake.  It  is  reached  from  the  west  by  steamer, 
to  Gordon's  and  Adams'  Landings  on  the  west  and 
on  the  Vermont  side  by  Sand  Bar  Bridge.  Hotels 
and  farm  houses  furnish  accommodation  at  from 
$7.00  a  week  upward. 

Gordon's  Landing  is  owned  by  D.  I.  Center. 
About  18  guests  are  provided  for  in  the  large  stone 
house  here.  Post  Office,  Pearl,  Vt.  Entertainment 
can  be  had  in  the  southerly  portion  of  the  island  as 
follows:  (Post  Office  address,  South  Hero,  Vt.) 
,^  ♦' Iodine  Spring  House,"  Capt.  Warren  Corbin, 
proprietor,  on  Keeler's  Bay.  Capacity  about  50. 
Rates,  $2  per  day  ;  $7  to  |lo  per  week.  Open  all 
the  year.  Distance  3^^  miles  from  Gordon's  Land- 
ing. "  Island  House,"  C.  S.  Keeler,  proprietor. 
P.  O.,  South  Hero.  Capacity  20.  Rates,  $2  per 
day  ;  $8  to  $10  per  week  ;  four  miles  from  Gordon's, 
fare$i.     "Locust  Grove,"   H.   Kibbe,  proprietor. 


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Capacity  about  30 ;  to  Gordon's  six  miles.  "  Martin 
Brothers  "  are  near  Locust  Grove,  with  accommoda- 
tions for  about  a  dozen. 

Eagle  Camp  on  Rockwdl's  Bay  is  the  summer 
place  of  Prof.  George  W.  Perry,  State  Geologist,  of 
Rutland,  Vt.,  who  brings  a  class  of  his  boys  here 
annually  for  summer  outing. 

Adams'  Landing.  Adams  House  will  provide 
for  about  20  guests  at  $2  per  day;  $8  to  $10  per 
week.  Open  June  to  October.  Edwin  Adams, 
proprietor.     P.  O.  address,  Adams,  Vt. 

Ladd's  Landing  is  at  the  northern  extremity  of 
the  island.  Alfred  Ladd  will  provide  for  15  guests; 
Mrs.  Julia  Childs  for  12.     P.  O.,  Grand  Isle,  Vt. 

North   Hero   extends  northerly    from    South 
Hero,  to  which  it  is  connected  at  Ladd's,  by  a  swing 
bridge.     The  post  office  is  North  Hero,  on  the  east 
side  of  the  island  about  four  miles  from  its  south 
end.     Steamer  lands  regularly  through  the  summer. 
Boarding  houses  are  as  follows :     Mrs.   C.   E.  Dar- 
row,  on  Hubbard's  Bijy  i}4  miles  north  of  Bow  and 
Arrow  Point ;  Mrs.  H.  W.  Allen  at  the  hamlet  of 
North  Hero;  I1.25  per  day,  $6  per  week.     Open 
June  1st  to  October,  with   capacity  for  about  30! 
Nicholas  Hale  nearby  with  accommodations  for  ten 
or  a  dozen  ;  Mrs.  Ruth  McBride  on  the  east  shore, 
three  miles  north  of  the  steamboat  landing,  will  take 
care  of  12,  at  about  $6  per  week.    Open  June  to 
September;  J.  N.  Parker  will  provide  for  12  a  half 
mile  further  north,  at  $1  per  day,  |6  per  week.     25 
cents  per  meal.     Capacity  6  to  10.     Open  June  ist 
to  October. 

^SLE  LaMotte  is  9  miles  north  of  Cumberland 
Head.    It  is  $%  miles  long  by  about   i}i   wide. 


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Lake  Champlain. 


About  its  southern  extremity  .are  valuable  black 
marble  quarries.  On  its  west  shore,  midway,  is  the 
site  of  a  fort,  built  in  18 12,  and  near  its  north  end 
the  ruins  of  Fort  St.  Anne,  built  in  1866.  The 
post  ofHce,  located  centrally,  is  Isle  LaMotte,  Vt. 
Communication  with  the  New  York  shore  is  had  by 
ferry  to  Chazy  Landing  and  to  Alburgh  Tongue  by 
bridge  at  the  north  end. 

The  Island  House  is  here,  midway  of  the  island, 
where  the  road  runs  to  the  four  points  of  the  com- 
pass. Capacity  15.  Rates,  $1.50  per  day  ;  $7.00  to 
$12  per  week.  Open  all  the  year.  H.  H.  Hill,  pro- 
prietor. Stage  from  Alburgh  Station,  6  miles,  50 
cents.  Summer  boarders  are  also  taken  at  the 
houses  of  E.  S.  Fleur/  and  N.  W.  Fisk,  on  the  west 
side,  and  Cyrus  Holbrook,  N.  G.  Hill  and  M.  Phelps, 
on  the  east  side,  in  the  southerly  part  of  the  island. 
At  the  northern  part,  on  the  west,  doors  are  thrown 
open  by  D.  T.  Trombly,  M.  Carron,  Wm.  H.  Yale 
and  Wm.  F.  Hill,  the  last  at  the  light-house,  while 
the  east  side,  north,  is  represented  by  the  houses  of 
C.  G.  &  E.  S.  Holcomb  and  W.  D.  Osborn — all  of 
which  address  at  Isle  LaMotte,  Vt. 

Alburgh  Springs  is  near  the  east  shore  of  Al- 
burgh Tongue,  a  mile  north  of  Alburgh  Station, 
seven  miles  east  of  Rouse's  Point.  Its  sulphur  and 
lithia  springs  attract  visitors  who  bathe  in,  and  drink 
the  V  *ters.  Hotels  are  the  Alburgh  Springs  House 
and  the  Mansion  House.     Rates,  $2.50  to  $3  per  day. 

The  Great  Back  Bay  is  a  revelation.  It  might 
remain  undiscovered  for  years  by  the  voyager 
through  from  north  or  south  if  not  especially  sought 
for.      It    is    revealed    in    its    broad   beauty    and 


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I.AKE   CHAMPLAIN. 

entirety  only  from  the  hills  that  compass  it  about 
on  the  east.  Glance  at  the  map  and  you  will  note 
that  it  forms  by  considerable  the  larger  body  of  the 
lake  at  its  north  end.  It  is  entered  through  the 
narrow  passage  between  North  and  South  Hero  Is- 
lands or  through  the  long,  slim  passage  at  the 
north.  Away  at  the  south  it  stretches,  cut  across, 
finally  by  Sand-Bar  Bridge  ;  at  the  north  the  open 
water  is  dotted  with  numerous  small  islands;  east, 
St.  Albans  Bay  enters  deep  into  the  main  land, 
flanked  and  guarded  by  outstretching  points  and 
islands.  This  is  noted  fishing  water  and  its  shores 
favorite  camping  grounds.  Some  of  these  camps 
are  for  hire  and  some  go  only  by  favor. 

Camp  Watson  is  one  of  the  last.  It  is  an  ideal 
summer  camp  on  an  extensive  scale,  where  Hiram 
Atkins,  Editor-in-chief  of  the  "  Argus  and  Patriot" 
of  Montpelier,  Vt.,  entertains  his  friends  in  royal 
American  style.  It  consists  of  a  large  central  cottage 
containing  the  dining-room,  library  and  four  sleeping 
rooms  used  in  the  cool  early  and  late  days  of  the 
season  ;  flanked  during  July  and  August  by  a  long 
line  of  tents  that  suggests  soldier  life  in  earnest. 
At  this  time  two  cooks  and  three  or  four  table  girls 
and  four  boatmen  arc  required  to  keep  matters 
moving.  Fifty  people  are  often  in  camp,  and  such 
is  the  power  of  the  Atkins  eye  that  they  usually 
retire  at  lO  o'clock  evenings,  and  from  that  time 
until  6:30  of  the  morning  refrain  from  any  excess  of 
noise  or  boisterous  conduct,  and  attend  regular 
Episcopal  services  on  the  Sabbath,  the  last,  however, 
i  nforced  by  a  penalty^too  horrible  for  the  average 
camper,  with  the  average  camper's  appetite — and 
thirst — to  contrm-latc  for  a  moment.     Camp  Wat- 


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Lake  Champlain. 


son    has  been    established    twenty  years.     May  it 
stand  a  hundred. 

Camps  along  this  shore  to  let  are  owned  respect- 
ively by  Zeb.  Everest,  Aldis  Martin  and  Charles 
Rich.  Summer  boarders  are  taken  by  W.  B.  Hal- 
bert,  George  Youngers  and  A.  Lazelle  and  Rocky 
Point  Hotel,  on  St.  Albans  Point.  Address  at  St. 
Albans  Bay. 

St.  Albans  is  a  characteristic  Yankee  town,  hav- 
ing a  more  cosmopolitan  air,  however,  than  most 
New  England  villages,  due  largely  to  the  fact  that 
the  large  construction  and  repair  shops  of  the  Cen- 
tral Vermont  R.  R.  are  located  here.  The  lower 
part  of  the  town,  in  the  vicinity  of  the  railway  sta- 
tion, is  level;  but  the  land  soon  rises,  and  the  prin- 
cipal business  street,  with  the  pleasantest  part  of  the 
town,  is  built  upon  a  gently  sloping  hill  overlooking 
Lake  Champlain,  2^  miles  distant.  A  spacious 
park  emphasizes  the  focal  part  of  the  town.  It  is 
spangled  with  pathways  leading  beneath  fine  elms 
almost  as  dense  and  stately  as  those  of  the  storied 
aisles  of  classic  New  Haven.  The  Welden  is  the 
chief  hotel  of  the  town.  Rates  not  given.  J.  C. 
Finch,  proprietor. 

Aldis  Hill,  an  elevation  near  the  town  commands 
the  ranges  of  the  Adirondacks  and  Green  Mountains, 
and  a  wide  stretch  of  Lake  Champlain.  The  ride 
to  Bellevue,  a  winding  hillside  road,  leading  to  the 
top  of  a  neighboring  eminence,  gives  one  of  the  most 
extensive  views  in  the  State. 

Samson's  Lake  View  House  is  on  the  lake 
shore  three  miles  north  of  St.  Albans  Point.  P.  O., 
Lake  View  House,  Vt.,  H.  L.  Samson,  proprietor. 
Capacity  of  house  50.  Rates,  $2  per  day  ;  $10  to 
$12  per  week. 


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Lake  Champlain.  143 

Hotel  Champlain,  of  the  east,  is  at  the  north 
end  of  the  "  Great  Back  Bay  "  locally  known  as 
Maquam,  the  western  terminus  of  the  St.  J.  &  L. 
C.  R.  R.  Close  connections  are  made  at  Swan- 
ton  with  trains  for  Boston  and  New  York.  Ex- 
cellent fishing  is  found  here,  yielding  small  mouthed 
black  bass,  pickerel,  pike  and  muscallonge.  Fishing 
boats,  experienced  guides  and  all  necessaries  for  sport 
can  be  had  here  during  the  fishing  season.  Pleasant 
drives  lead  back  into  the  country  and  south  along 
the  lake  shore.  This  is  the  original  "  Hotel  Cham- 
plain "  and  not  to  be  confounded  with  its  new  neigh- 
bor on  the  west  shore.  Rates,  $2.50  per  day  ;  $9  to 
1 14  per  week.  Open  June  1st.  C.  F.  Smith,  pro- 
prietor. P.  O.,  Maquam,  Vt.  Telegraph  office  in 
the  house. 

Continuing  northward  around  Hog  Island  (made 
an  island  by  the  united  waters  of  Maquam  and 
Charcoal  Creeks)  the  spreading  delta  of  the  Missis, 
quoi  River  is  found  where  the  "  Swanton  Gun  ^Auh  " 
go  regular  y  into  camp.  From  this  point  is  seen  the 
noble  expanse  of  Missisquoi  Bay,  4  miles  wide  and 
extending  down  into  the  dominion  of  Canada  an 
equal  distance. 

Highoate  Springs  is  on  the  shore  of  the  bay, 
backward  southeast  from  the  Delta.  It  is  14  miles 
north  of  St.  Albans  and  about  two  miles  south 
of  the  Canada  line.  The  Franklin  House  and 
cottages  standing  here  furnish  excellent  accom- 
modations for  150  guests.  Judson  L.  Scott, 
proprietor.  Board  $2.50  to  $3.00  per  day ;  $10.00 
to  $20.00  per  week.  Open  from  June  ist 
to  October.  Post  and  telegraph  offices  in 
the    house.      The    attractions    are    duck-hunting 


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Lake  Champlafn. 

and  ftshing.  The  place  is  attractive,  the  fare  and 
accommodations  excellent,  and  the  mineral  water — 
ah,  that  water  !  it  should  be  tasted  to  be  appreciated. 
It  has  been  analyzed  and  the  man  survived !  Any- 
way,  the  spring  houses  look  nice  in  a  picture. 

MlSSlSQUOi  Park,  is  a  few  rods  north  of  the  sta- 
tion on  the  shore  of  Missisquoi  Bay.  Nature  has 
been  lavish  of  her  favors  here.  The  grounds  are 
broken  into  delightful  forms,  shaded  by  far  spread- 
ing butternuts,  elms — graceful  as  weeping  willows — 
and  cedars,  twisted  and  shaggy.  Velvety  sward  and 
richly  colored  rocks  and  ledges,  cropping  out,  com- 
plete the  picture,  and  the  Central  Vermont  railroad 
"has  enhanced  its  beauties  by  making  its  enjoyment 
possible.  It  has  encouraged  Nature  by  building 
cozy  seats  through  Lovers*  Lane,  and  opening  up  se- 
cluded walks  under  the  trees.  It  has  built  swings 
for  two,  of  the  kind  worked  by  its  occupants^  with 
no  one  to  interfere,  and  it  has  furnished  the  time- 
honored,  inevitable  dancing  pavilion  and  nickle- 
drawing  refreshment  rooms.  On  the  whole,  the 
place  is  delightful,  and  is  appreciated  by  the  im- 
mense excursions  that  come  from  the  north,  south 
and  east  to  enjoy  its  favors.  ,  ,  .;  /,  -..rtf  <■«]«'- 

And  here  we  must  say  good-bye,  and — ^whether 
your  course  leads  westward  to  the  sparking  waters 
that  mirror  the  Thousand  Islands ;  to  the  splendors 
that  cluster  around  Mount  Royal ;  to  the  quaint 
places  of  Quebec,  or  eastward,  to  where  you  lose 
yourself  among  the  mighty  fastnesses  of  the  White 
Hills  of  New  Hampshire — wish  you  many  happy 
seasons  yet  to  come  and  "  Bon  voya^'* 


e  fare  and 
ral  water — 
ppreciated. 
ed !  Any- 
ure. 

of  the  sta- 
Naturc  has 
[rounds  are 
far  spread- 
ig  willows — 
1^  sward  and 
r  out,  com- 
ant  railroad 
I  enjoyment 
by  building 
jening  up  se- 
built  swings 
u pants,  with 
:d  the  time- 
and    nickle- 
r  whole,  the 
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lorth,   south 

nd— whether 
rking  waters 
the  splendors 
the  quaint 
icre  you  lose 
of  the  White 
many  happy 


Index  to  Advertisements. 

Alphabetically  arranfted. 

H0TBL8.— Adirondaolu,  Miller's  Saranac  Lake  H.  i6o  ;  St.  Hu- 
bert's Inn,  159.  Albany,  Hotel  Kenmore,  171.  Olena  Falls,  Rock- 
well House,  151.  Lake  Ohatnplaio,  Cumberland  House,  151  ; 
Hotel  Champlain,  167.  Lake  Gtoorge,  Central  House,  135  ;  Hun- 
dred Island,  158  ;  Island  Harbor,  157;  Kattskill,  155  ;  Lake  House, 
155  ;  Lake  View,  157  ;  Mohican,  1^6  ;  Sagamore,  157  ;  Trout  House, 
157  i  Trout  Pavilion.  155.  Tioonderoga,  Burleigh  House,  158. 
Saratoga,  Saratoga  department  of  this  book,  Albemarle,  47  ;  Claren- 
don, 47  ;  Columbian,  47  ;  Congress  Hall,  47  ;  Elmwood  Hall,  46  ; 
Dr.  Hamilton's,  46  ;  Dr.  Strong's,  48  ;  Huestis  House,  47  ;  Spencer 
Mouse,  46  ;  United  States,  46  ;  Windsor,  47  ;  Woodbridge  Hall,  47  ; 
\Vorden,46. 

RAILBiOADS. — Chateaugay,  174.  Delaware  &  Hudson,  173. 
Fitchburg,  175.     New  York  Central  &  Hudson  River,  172. 

STEAMBOATS. — Citizens'  Evening  Line,  15a  ;  Hudsor  River 
Day  Boats,  inside  cover,  Saratoga  side  of  book  ;  h-eopie  s  Une,  page 
4S,  Saratoga  side  of  book  ;  Lake  George  and  Lake  Champlain,  153. 

OLBNB7ALL8. — Hotel,  151  ;  Insurance  Company,  150;  Livery, 
149  ;  Photographer,  150  ;  Shirts,  Collars  and  Cuffs,  150-151  ;  Terra 
Cotta  and  Brick  Co.,  150  ;  Business  Cards,  147-151. 

LAKE  OEO&OE. — Business  Cards,  154  ;  Books  and  Pictures, 
157  ;  Drug  Store,  154  ;  L.  G.  A.,  155  ;  "Lake  George  Mirror,"  154. 

PHOTOORAPHIO  Outfits  and  Publications.— Eastman's  Kodak 
Company,  169  ;  J.  H.  McDonald,  48  (Saratoga  Department) ;  Photo- 
Gravure  Co.,  152. 

BOOEB  and  PB&I0DI0AL8.— Adirondacks,  149  ;  Forest  and 
Stream,  168  ;  Sun  and  Shade.  152. 

MAPS. — Adirondack  Wilderness,  146-168,  and  inside  front  cover ; .. 
Lake  Champlain,  149-169. 

IN8UBAN0E.— New  York  Life,  170. 

OONOBBSS  WATBB,  49,  Saratoga  side. 


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MAPS,  BOOKS  AMD  PHOTOBRAPHS, 

PUBLISHED  BY  «.  R.  aTODDARD,  QLENS  FALLS,  N.  Y. 

OUIDB  BOOKS. 

TiM  AdiroadMka,  IUaatr»ted.-18mo.,97ap*8ef,  pwndo. 
cloth  oovar,  S6  eanu. 

Albamt  BTBMUia  JouBMAU— "  Routei,  farei  to  different  points. 
tlme-t«blM,  lOAp*,  gatdM,  and  wlwt«v«r  elu  the  traveler  b  nio»t 
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ToBK  TiHM— "  A  book  that  mar  be  read  through  from  beglnnlnii 
to  end  At  any  time,  and  be  foand  full  of  Interefltlng reading  matter." 
Tbot  TiMaa.— "  A  delightful  book,  well  aplced  with  anecdote  and 

SaratoM,  Lake  Oaonra  and  L»k«  OlxAmplaln,  hiatorlcal 
anddeicripUva.  IS  mo.,  MO  page*.  pMudo-cloth  cover,  25  cenli. 
Contalna  colored  map  three  feet  long,  outline  cnta  of  mountalna, 
IslaadB,  etc.,  aa  aeen  from  the  paating  ateamer. 

fflAP•.-V*p  of  the  Adlrond^k  WlldarnaM.  Pocket 
on  on  map-bond  papar,  In  board  cover  $1.00. 

FonaaT  A  Btbbaii.— *'  It  la  the  mo* t  complete  map  of  the  Adiron- 
dack region  aver  pabllshed,  and  la  Inat  what  I*  wanted  by  anarty 
Intending  to  camp  ont "  Shootins  ani>  PiiBiHe.— "  State  offlciala 
consult  it  and  the  FiahOommlaaloners  depend  upon  It  for  use  of 
the  State  Oama  Protectors." 

Ksp  of  Lftka  a«oxv«.  Scale  1  mile  to  an  Inch.  Pocket 
edition  on  map-bond  paper,  board  cover  60  ceota. 

ICftp  of  Lake  Onamplain.  Hcale  8^  miles  to  an  Inch,  with 
amaller  mapaof  tbo  Richelieu  River,  and  rontea  and  dUtances  to  Im- 
portant pelnta.  Pockatedltion  on  map-bond  paper,board  cover,  SOcU. 

BOOKS  OF  RIOTURBS. 

Lake  Oaonra-  Twelve  photottravnre  plates  lOzia  Inches, 
comprisins  over  50  choice  bits  of  Lake  George  scenery.  Bound  In 
torchon  board,  with  illnmlnated  title,  $1  BO.  Amonir  the 
Xoantaina  of  tbo  Adlrondaoka.-Ten  pUtes.  Hame  atyla 
and  slae  as  Lake  George, -$1  BO.  Throush  the  L^a  Cotrntry 
of  tho  Adlrondaoka.— Same  as  above,  $1  GO.    The  Hndaon 

JiTar,  ftrom  its  Bourooto  the  Sea  --Same  as  ahovwfl.BO. 
a  Sable  Obaem.— Photogravnre,   twelve  pairea  of  pictnraa, 
BMz7  inches.    Illuminated  title.    In  mailing  box,  BO  cents. 

SOUVBNIRS  OF  THB  NORTH.  .  (P«?<*  75  cents  each, 
eonUdn  from  eighteen  to  thfrty  represenutlve  vle^s  of  sections  In- 
dicated by  their  titles,  reprodnced  by  the  Photo-Gravure  Company. 
SiaaBS<x7inchea.)  Baratora,  Lake  Oeorge,  Bine  Xoiin' 
tain  Xrfike,  Baanotte  lAke,  I.on«  ^^\J^PV»*J'^i 
Befflon,  Xdueme  and  Schroon  X^^e.  JWild, Xakee  of 
tM  Adirondaoka,  (An  Sahin  Lakes,  Tear-of-the-clonfs.  Ava- 
lanche, Uolden,  Sandford.  Huiidcrrnn,  etc.)  BUaabethtpwa 
and  Kaene  VaUey,  North  BIba  and  beyond,  X<iUca 
Plaoid.  The  Saranao  Lakea,  Winter  at  BarMM  Lftke, 
aiena  Falla,  Howes  Gave.    In  maUIng  box  7B  cento  each. 

PHOTOQRAPMS  ot  the  Adirandacks,  Lake  George.  Laka 
Champlaln;  the  Hudson  River,  West  Point  Military  Academy, 
Howea  Cave,  Mount  De^rt  laland.  the  Bay  nf  FundT.  ete  .  Priesj, 
per  doa..  Crystal  Stereos,  $8  00  ;  Boudoir  Views  (B»8)  $8  60  ;  Ite- 
pvialVlswe<7zS>  MOO;  lOxU  Views,  $1.00  each ;  ISjSO  VTaWr 
(unmounted)  in  mailing  tnbea.  $8  00  eaeh. 

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cento  each.  Transparenoiea  in  nickel  framea  Bx8  Inchts,  li.^J 
8x10  inches,  §9.90.  •<>  ,"'  '    -  x  ' 

All  goods  above  (accept  lantern  slides  and  tranaparandaa)  aaat 
poatpiud  on  receipt  of  price.  '-.■•'     'i--^^!' 

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QLENS  FALLS  BUSINESS  HOUSES. 

ALPHABETICALLY  ARRAN^.ED. 

BOOKS.— P.  P.  Brale7  A  Co.,  133  Glen  Street.  Booksellers 
and  Stationers,  dealers  in  wall  paper,  window  shades,  artists' 
goods,  zephyrs,  hammocks,  lawn  tennis,  croquet,  etc. 

Criitenden  A  Cowlet,  Books,  Stationery,  Fancy  Goods,  and 
High  Art  Wall  Papers.  Oldest  house  of  the  kind  in  Warren 
County.     Business  established  in  1868. 

P.  r.  Madlgan,  Bookseller,  Stationer  and  Newsdealer,  No.  3 
Warren  Street.  Musical  merchandise,  pictures,  frames  and  sport- 
ing goods  of  all  kinds. 

BOOTS  ft  8H0E8.— Hartman  ft  Erereat,  Crandall  Block. 
Monument  Square,  have  boots,  shoes,  rubbers,  leather  and  find- 
ings, with  a  Ime  of  specialties  in  E.  C.  Burt's  and  Gray  Brothers 
fine  work. 

Long  Bm  ,  85  Glen  St  ,  carry  a  full  line  of  boots  and  shoes, 
and  sell  them  cheap.  Tney  have  the  exclusive  sale  of  '*  John 
Kelly's"  fine  fitting  shoes  for  ladies;  and  are  agents  for  the 
"  Light  Running"  Domestic  Sewing  Machine. 

ClUik  Hhoe  8tore,  cor.  South  and  Elm  Streets.  We  keep  a 
nice  clean  stock  of  Ladies'  and  Gents'  Fine  Shoes,  which  we  sell 
at  honest  prices.     Thomas  Thomson. 

CABKIAGE8.— QlenaFalU  Baekboard  Co.,  D.  L.  Robert- 
son, President,  W.  B.  Griffin,  bec'y  and  Treasurer.  Patentees 
and  Manufacturers  of  Art  Buckboards,  Warren  Street. 

Nelson  LaSalle.  manufacturer  of  fine  light  carriages  and 
sleighs,  including  the  combination  buck-board  wagon.  Special 
attention  given  to  repairing  in  all  branches.     36  Glen  Street. 

CABBIAOE  ft  8ADDLEBT  G00D8.-J.  E.  8aii«er,  whole- 
sale and  retail  dealer  in  carriage  hardware  and  harness,  robes, blan- 
kets, iron,  steel  and  blacksmiths'  supplies,  carriage  tops  coach 
colors  and  varnishes.     No.  36  Warren  Street,  opposite  Post  Office. 

CLOTHING.— D.  E.  P«ek,  popular  clothier  and  hatter,  16 
Warren  St.  Men's,  youths',  boys'  and  children's  tailor-fitting 
clothing,  hats,  caps,  umbrellas,  canes,  hammocks,  and  gents' 
tumishlng  goods.     Headquarters  for  trunks,  travelling  bags,  &c. 

MBBCHANT  TAILOR.— Dennis  MoLanghlln,  141  Glen 
Street,  (ad  floor).  All  garments  made  up  in  firct-class  style. 
Satisfaction  guaranteed. 

BoehMter  Clothing  Co..  Glens  Falls,  N.  Y.  Fine  Clothing 
a  specialty.  Young  Men's  Christian  Association  Building,  Glen 
Street. 

Tripp  ft  Dneret,  manufacturers  of  Fine  Custom  Clothing. 
Isaac  Tripp,  salesman  ;  Edward  Ducret,  cutter,  145  Glen  Street. 

BENT18T8.— Dr.  James  S.  Garrett,  Opera  House  Block. 

Dr.  L.  H.  Grares,  S.  W.  Cor.  Glen  and  Exchange  Sts.  For 
two  years  Teacher  of  Operative  Dentistry  at  the  University  of 
Pa.     Difficult  cases  solicited.' 

DIAMONDS.— L.  P.  Taret.    Fine  stones  a  specialty. 


148 


Glens  Falls  Bi  siness  Cards. 


DRUGS.— Ames  &  Baldwin,  chemists  and  druggists,  i  50  Glen 
Street.  Physicians'  Prescriptions  a  specialty.  Finest  and  best 
equipped  Drug  Store  in  northern  New  York.  Mail  orders  will 
receive  prompt  attention. 

Ferris  &  Yiele.  i860— 1892.  Wholesale  and  Retail  Drug- 
gists. Dealers  in  Painters'  supplies,  seeds,  &c.,  124  Glen  Street. 
Le{!rgett  ft  Peddie.  Wholesale  and  Retail  Druggisu,  137 
Glen  Street.  Dealers  in  paints,  oils,  window  glass,  and  artists' 
materials,  tobacco,  snufT  and  cigf.rs,  timothy,  clover  and  garden 
seeds,  etc. 

Renben  N.  Peck,  8  Warren  Street,  druggist  and  apothecary. 

Specialties  in  patent  medicines,  perfumery,  paints,  oils,  glass,  etc. 

DRY  600D8.— G.  F.  Bayle.    Leading;  and  largest  dry  goods 

and  millinery  establishment  in  northern  New  York,  139  and  141 

Glen  Street.     Particular  attention  paid  to  mail  orders. 

Byron  B.  Fowler,  Exchange  Building,  130  Glen  Street.  Dry 
goods,  carpets,  cloaks,  laces,  gloves,  etc. 

GeodbOn  Bros. ,  dealers  in  dry  goods.  Sell  strictly  for  cash. 
One  price  to  everybody  and  that  pi  ice  the  same  every  day  in  the 
week.     23  Ridge  Street. 

ELECT  KICI AN.— Geo.  E.  Adams  &  Co.  See  Hardwark. 
Electric  lighting  apparatus,  electric  bells,  annunciators  for  hotels, 
and  every  description  of  electric  woik  put  in  and  repaired. 

FIRE-ARMS.— T.  H.  Needtaam,  dealer  in  Fire-Arms  and 
Fishing-Tackle.  Repair  work  of  all  kinds  promptly  done.  19 
Ridge  Street. 

FRUIT.— A.  M.  Bardett,  Groceries,  Provisions  and  Fruits 
5,  10  and  25  cent  bargain  counters,  186  and  188  Glen  Street, 
Monument  Square. 

FURNITURE.— Chas.  E.  Bnllard.  Furniture  of  every  de- 
scription for  the  cottage  or  the  palace.  Picture  framing,  spring 
beds,  mattresses,  pillows,  etc.  Undertaker  and  Enabalmer. 
Monument  Square. 

Wilmartll  &  LaSalle,  15  and  17  Ridge  Street,  furniture  and 
undertaking.  Cottage  furniture  a  specialty.  Folding  cots,  piazza 
chairs,  etc.  This  house  having  been  in  business  in  this  place  for 
fifty-one  years,  is  competent  to  meet  all  requirements  of  its  cus- 
tomers. 

GROCERIES.- J.  C.  Kelley,  13  Ridge  St.,  Retail  dealer  in 
high  class  groceries.  Pure  teas,  coffees  and  spices  a  specialty. 
Fresh  canned  goods  of  every  description.  Has  exclusive  sale  of 
Larrabee's  breads. 

Daniel  Perk  H  Co.,  wholesale  grocers,  and  general  dealers  in 
fine  imported  and  domestic  groceries,  canned  goods,  etc.  iii  and 
113  Glen  Street,  and  2,  4,  6,  8  and  10  Ridge  Street. 

John  S.  Powers,  dealer  in  fine  groceries,  teas  and  coffees. 
Wholesale  and  retail  fruit  dealer.  Fine  butter,  fresh  eggs,  best 
cheese,  olives  and  table  luxuries,  tobaccos  and  cigars.    Sole 


HfUmi^ii 


ists.i  50  Glen 
est  and  best 
ill  orders  will 

Retail  Drug- 
j  Glen  Street. 
ruggisU,  137 
s,  and  artists' 
r  and  garden 

1  apothecary. 

lils,  glass,  etc. 

;est  dry  goods 

c,  139  and  141 

irs. 

1  Street.     Dry 

ictly  for  cash, 
ery  day  in  the 

:  Hardwark. 
ors  for  hotels, 
spaired. 
ire-Arms  and 
)tly  done.     19 

ns  and  Fruits 
18  Glen  Street, 

of  every  de- 
aming,  spring 
d    Embalmer. 

furniture  and 
ng  cots,  piazza 
I  this  place  for 
ints  of  its  cus- 

Letail  dealer  in 
:es  a  specialty, 
elusive  sale  of 

leral  dealers  in 
,  etc.    Ill  and 

as  and  coffees, 
resh  eggs,  best 
1  cigars.    Sole 


^y:':ii^*'3'-S- 


Glens  Falls  Business  Cards. 


149 


agents  for  Autograph   flour.     Boston  coffee.     18  Warr«n  Street, 
and  34  South  Street. 

M.  L.  Boblnson,  dealer  in  fancy  and  staple  groceries,  flour, 
and  provision  of  all  kinds.  Complete  line  of  cigars  and  tobaccos. 
Thomson's  Block,  cor.  South  and  Elm  Streets. 

Smith  &  Horton,  fine  groceries,  choice  teas,  coffees,  flour  and 
creamery  butter.  Canned  goods  a  specialty.  Crandall  Block, 
Monument  Square. 

W.  H.  Stewart  &  Co.  A  full  line  of  fancy  imported  and  do- 
mestic groceries  constantly  on  hand.  We  make  a  specialty  of 
hotel  and  cottage  trade,  and  are  always  in  a  position  to  name 
prices  that  will  insure  a  saving  over  any  competitors.  Send  for 
catalogue.     126  Glen  Street. 

HARDWARE.— ()>eo.  E.  Adams  &  Co.,  dealers  in  Andes  stoves 
and  general  hardware.     Plumbing,  steam  heating,  gas  fitting,  etc. 

DeLong  &  Sons,  dealers  in  hardware,  iron,  steel  and  stoves, 
120  Glen  Street.  Gas  fitting,  tin  work  and  plumbing  done  to 
order.    Lock  Box  247. 

Stlllwell&  Allen,  134  Glen  Street.  Hardware,  stoves,  pumps, 
refrigerators,  paints,  brushes,  etc.     Rope  and  cordage. 

HOUSEHOLD  HOODS.— N.  S.  MeOmber,  71  Glen  Street, 
dealer  in  second  hand  goods  of  every  kind  ;  also  full  line  new 
mattresses,  pillows  and  bed  springs.  Second  hand  goods 
wanted. 

JEWELRY.— L.  P.  Jnret,  finest  and  largest  stock  in  Northern 
New  York. 

Thompson  &  Floyd,  watchmakers  and  jewelers,  repairing  a 
specialty,  85  Glen  Street. 

LITEBT.— H.  R.  Learens  &  Co.,  Ridge  Street,  Glens  Falls 
and  Lake  George. 

MARKETMEN.— Corb«tt  &  Callahan,  dealers  in  choice 
meats,  fresh  and  salt  fish,  vegetables,  canned  goods,  etc,  corner 
South  and  Elm  Streets. 

MasOB  Bros  ,  fresh  and  salt  meats,  canned  goods,  fish,  oysters, 
and  clams.    Chicago  dressed  beef  a  specialty.    94  Glen  Street. 

MILLINER.— Mrs.  H.  W.  Mason,  Fashionable  Millinery, 
Hair  Goods,  Ladies',  Misses' and  Children's  Underwear,  Hosiery, 
Corsets  and  Infants'  Clothing,  i  Crandall  Block,  Monument 
Square. 

OPriCIAN.— L.  P.  JuTet 

POULTRT.— U.  R.  T.  Coffin,  breeder  of  and  dealer  in  thor- 
oughbred  poultry,  dogs,  saddle  horses,  Jersey  cattle,  etc.  Ad- 
dress for  circular  and  prices.  Glens  Falls,  N.  Y. 

STEAM  BOILERS.— «.  E.  Adams  &  Co.,  145  Glen  Street. 
Manufacturers  of  Adams'  Pattern  Safety  Water  Tube  Steam  Boil- 
ers for  Yachts  and  Steamboats. 

SPECTACLES  AND  ETE-6LASSE8,  fitted  to  the  eyes  by 
scientific  methods.    L>  Pt  Javet.  > 


M- 


§. 


"r,- 


1849. 


150 
'OI^OAND   TRIBD." 


,    189a. 


Glens  Falls  Insurance  Co., 

GLENS  FALLS.  N.  Y. 

One  of  the  Oldest  and  Strongest  Fire  Insurance  Com- 
panies in  America. 


J.  L.  CUNNINGHAM,  Pres't., 


B.  A.  LITTLE,  Sec'y. 


GLENS     FALLS, ^ 

TERRA  GOTTA  ^  BRICK  CO. 


J.  M.  COOLIDGE.  CHARLES  SCALES, 

President  Superintendent 

FRANK  M.  TAFT;- 

Monument  Square,       Glens  Falls,  N.  Y. 


All  work  from  this  Qallery  Strictly  First  Cl&ss  and  at  a  Reasonable  Priee. 

¥an  W/iGNER  k  Morris. 

Manafactarers  of  Superior     '\ 

Custom  '^  Made     Siiirts, 

COLLARS,  CUFFS  AND  UNDERWEAR. 

Elegant,  Perfect  Fitting,  and  Warranted  to  Give  Kntire  Satis&otion. 
opmnA  HOusB  block.         •  .  ;«Mia; 


^rzrzr-'^'.-^'jrrj'^ 


'JO.:,v::iv\'-:4-':,;w;.^ 


189a. 


Co., 

•  ■■   '''> 
ftuce  Com- 

TLE,  Sec'f . 

;k0O. 

\LES, 
jrintendent. 

Ills.  N.  Y. 

ttsouble  Price. 


inirts, 

WEAR. 

ire  Sfttis&ction. 


151 


^m' 


Capacity,  100.     Rates,  $3.00  per  Day;  Special  for 
Week  or  Season. 

0.  L.  ROCKWELL,       -       -       Manager. 

MAHUFAGTURERS  OF 

Silk  Weft,  Madras, 

Flannel,  Oxford, 
Striped  Sateen, 

and  Plain 

SHIRTS. 

HEN'S  UNEN 

COLLABSlCDFFS. 

Factory  and   Laundry 

—AT—  .'s':'':^-M 

GLENS  FALLS,  N.  Y. 


■i^mm 


CUMBERLAND    HOUSE, 

Plattsburgli,   N.   Y. 
UNDER  NEW  MANAGEMENT. 

^'Located  on  Tiinity  Square.     Richly  furnished.     Every  convenience. 
,    Table  uniurpasaed.     Free  carriage  to  all  boau  and  trains. 
-  ^  Rates.  $2.00  per  day.    Special  for  extended  suy. 

^c;i.j^;:   CHARLES  F.  BECK,      -      Proprietor. 

(Late  of  the  "Florida  HouM,"St.  Angutliie,Fla.,attd  "Hotol  Windior,"  Bonsei  FointO 


B\~ 


15a 

Citizens'  Line  Steamers. 

Popular  Hudson  River  Route 

BETWEEN . 

New  York,  Troy,  iHaratogfa,  Lake  George, 

And  at  all  Points  In  the  Adirondack  Region. 
NEW  PALACE  STEAMERS, 

Saratoga  and  City  of  Troy. 

r>^  Lighted  throuffhout  by  electricity.  |^C_ 

.^^^  Electric  lights  and  electric  bells  in  every  room.  RST"* 

FARE   LOWER  THAN  BY  ANY  OTHER  ROUTE. 

I.EAVB  NEW  YORK  Daily  (except  Saturday),  at  6  P.  M.,  N.  R.,  foot  Chris- 
topher Street,  connecting  with  all  early  Trains  North  and  Bast. 

IiBATB  TROT  Daily  (except  Saturday),  on  arrival  Evening  Train,  Sunday, 
6  P.  M. 

•UNDAT  •TCAMIRS,  BOTH  NORTH  AND  SOUTH,  TOUCH  AT  ALBANY. 

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n,  MI7,  M4,  im  Broadway,  and  7S7  Sixth  Arenne ;  4  Coort  Street,  Brooklrti ;  8M  and  MO  Pnl- 
ton  Street  s  107  Broadway.  WilllamiburKb-  In  the  South  at  prinulpal  Ticket  Offloai  in  Phila- 
delphia, Baltimore,  Woebinfton  and  Kiohmond. 


GEO.  IT.  HOBTOX,  Tlee-Preat. 
GEO.  n.  eiBSON,  Oea.  Pan.  Agt, 
TROT,  N.  T. 


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SUMMBR    ARRANQKMKNT. 


SEASON   OF   1891. 


w  i  %  " 


VERMONT."  Capt.  B.  J.  Holt, 


will  leave  Plaltsburg  at  7.00  A.  M.;  Bluff  Point,  7.15  a.  m.  Port  Kent. 
7.35  A.  M.;  nurlington,  8.40  A.  M.;  Westport,  lo.io  a.  m.;  arriving 
at  Fort  Ticonderoga,  la.sj  P.  M.,  connecting  with  trains  for  the 
South  and  Lake  George;  returning,  leave  Fort  Ticonderoga  on  arri- 
val of  trains  from  the  South  and  Lake  George,  1.30  p.  m.;  Westport, 
3.30  p.  M,,  for  Burlington,  Port  Kent,  Bluff  Point  and  Plattsburgh. 

BREAKFAST,  DINNER  and  SUPPER  SERVED  ON  BOARD. 

•' Chaxkauoay."  Captain  Baldwin, 

will  leave  Westport  at  7.00  A.  m.,  touching  at  Essex,  Pi^rlington, 
Port  Kent.  Bluff  Point,  Plattsburgh,  Gordon's  and  Adam's,  reaching 
North  Hero,  12.20  p.  M.;  returning,  leave  North  H"ero  18.20  p.  m., 
touching  as  above,  arrive  at  Westport  6.45  p.  m. 

KBAIJS   SBRVBD  ON  BOARD. 


tjIKE  ©EORGE  iTEJIMEI^S-  " 

"HORIOON,"  Capt.  J.  D.  Reeves, 

«ill  leave  Caldwell  on  arrival  of  train  from  Saratoga  and  the 
South,  9.40  AM.,  for  way  landings  and  Baldwin,  connecting 
with  train  for  Lake  Champlain ;  returning,  leave  Baldwin  i  pji. 
for  Caldwell  and  the  South. 

^    "TIOONDBROQA,"  Capt.  >BLrbuolcle. 

leaves  Baldwin  7.J0  am.  for  way  landing!  and  Caldwell,  con- 
nectlnff  with  train  for  Saratc^^a.  Albany,  and  New  Yoric ;  leaves 
Caldwell  00  arrival  of  train,  4.30  f.ii.  for  Baldwin. 


■fe 


maJUUi- SBBTBD    ON   BOARD. 


^pOnoMja.  owncM^ 


GEORGE  RUSHLOW, 

General  Agent 


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»S4 


HUNTS  CITY  DRUG  STORE, 

;•'    -*  "OI^D    STONB    STORO."  *       * 

CALDWELL.  LAKE  GEORGE.  N.Y. 

PracrlptloB  Departaent  1b  charge  of  ■.  Ather,  Hew  Tork  City. 

This  Store  may  be  depended  upon  for  reliable  pharmacy,  and  the  high 
standard  of  excellence  which  has  distinguished  it  in  the 
past  will  be  maintained. 

Drugs,   Medicines,    Fancy    Goods,   Druggists' 
Sundries,  Perfumery,  &c.,  &c. 

A  Fresh  supply  of  CHOICE  CANDIES  and 

CHOCOLATES  constantly  on  hand. 

Parle  &  Xllford'a  Clears. 

Japanese  Gtooda  aad  Ourioa, 

Stationery,  Artiste'  Oolors,  ,     . 

Beady-Mixed  Paints  and 
Pure  Linseed  Oil. 

ALL  ORDERS  MTILL  BB  OIVBN  PROMPT  ATTENTION, 

Dr.  W.  J.  HUNT,  Proprietor. 

DRY  eOODS  «  GROCERIES  ^Jirl^Jr-.L^Jtiili. 

General  Stock  of  Goods  comprising  everything  needed  in  CottaK«,  Camp 
or  Hotel.  Special  attention  given  to  Fine  Groceries.  Orders  by  Mail 
promptly  filled. 


D  T.  SAHD3,    Main  Street,  Lake  George. 

Oae  door  North  of  the  Old  Stone  Store. 

DRY  AND  FANCY  GOODS,  FINE  8HOE8. 

-<3  THE  LftKE  GEORGE  MIRROR  > 

Is  one  of  the  handsomest  watering  place  JDurnals  published.    Its  pM;es  are 
devoted  to  light  reading  of  the  most  approved  watering  place  gose^p.    No 
scandal.    If  you  wish  to  reach  the  best  bred  people  or  read  all  the  news  on 
Lake  George,  you  cannot  do  better  than  subscribe  or  advertise  in  the 
-^^LAKE  GEORGE  MIHROH.E^^- 

Subscription  to  the  Mirror,  |i.oo  for  season,  paid  in  advance.  The 
Mirror  is  published  for  fifteen  weeks  from  the  first  of  Jun«  ^ntil  the  mid- 
dle of  September.  Prom  three  to  four  weeks  lotiger  than  any  other  water- 
ing place  journal  published.  W.  H.  TIPPETS,  Editor  and  Publisher. 

Acdress  d  uring  the  months  of  November,  December,  Jannnrr.  FebtUarv. 
March,  April,  May,  Glens  Palls,  N.Y.  •*  '*       "^•^x. 

Address  during  the  months  of  June,  July,  Angust,  ^pteteber  and  Octo- 
ber Lake  George  Assembly,  Lake  George,  N.  Y. 


rork  CUf. 

and  the  high 
a  the 

>ruggi8tB' 

£S  and 
nd. 


JTION, 

'roprietor. 

.  J.  WEST, 

,  LAKC  aconac. 

I  Cott«,f(«,  Camp 
Orders  by  Mail 


i  George. 


SHOES. 

1  Its  pM^es  are 
>lac«  gossip.  No 
1  all  the  news  on 
rtise  in  the 


1   advance.    The 
le  until  the  mid- 
my  other  water- 
and  Publisher. 
nuWf,  Behli«^ry, 

t6iber  and  Octo- 


THE  LAKE  HOUSE, 

LAKE  GEORGE,  N.  Y. 

Under  new  management  OPEN  June  i.  Electric  bells  in  every 
room,  terra  cotta  fireplaces,  etc. ;  fishing,  yachting  and  driving  un- 
surpassed: reasonable  rates  for  the  season.    For  circulars  address 

H.  E.  NICHOLS,  Prop'ietor. 

CENTRAO)  nortu 

LAKE  GEORGE.  N.  Y. 

.A.0003kC2f  OX}.A.a7XOXrB  X'OZl  loo  o-xr-BieTB. 

Under  New  Management.  First-class  tables ;  Telephone  and  Telegraph 
in  the  house.  Free  omnibus  to  all  trains  and  boats.  Finest  case  of  relics  of 
1755  in  the  state.    New  barns  for  guests'  horses. 

Batas,  SX  p«r  day  (  98  to  •14  per  week. 

S.   X).  3BRO'VCrxT,  -  -  Fjco:p^±eto:c 

IML  QE2RQC  flJ/EnBLX 

PICTURESQUE    SUMMER    HOMES. 


Sermons  on  Sundays,  Lectures  on  Tuesdays,  Concerts  on  Thursdays, 
Amusements  on  Saturdays,  and  do  as  you  please  between  whiles,  provided 
you  please  to  do  right. 

For  further  information  address  — 

L.  G.  A.,  Lake  Georee,  N.  Y. 

^TROUT  PAVILION,^ 

;  -     KATTSKILL  BAY,  N.  Y. 

,,!■-    ,     Capacity  100.    Rates,  $9  to  $12  per  week'. 

^jPoat  Office  in  the  house.  JOHN  OBONKHITR,  Proprietor. 

KATTSKILL  HOUSE,  LAKE  GEORGE, N.Y. 

"     Open  June  isth  for  the  reception  of  guests.    For  terms  and  parti- 
culars, address      a.  P.  SOOVXLIj,  Proprietor,  XattakUl  Bay.  N.  T. 


:;'ft-i 


Br*' 


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5TGAmGR  istano  Qoeen. 

Capt.  Everett  Harrison 

TO>  PAMABIBIB  BAY. 

Morning  and  Afternoon  Excursions  touching  at  all  landings .    Round  trip  $i. 


THE 


LAKE  VIEW  HOrSE, 

BOLTON,  ON  LAKE  GEORaE 

Bowling  Alleys,  Billiard  Tables,  Row  Boats,  etc.  Telegraph  in  the  house. 
Terms :  $12  to  $15  per  week  ;  $3  per  day. 

j^j^  BROWN,  Proprietor. 

THE^AGAMORE, 

ON  GREEN  ISLAND,  LAKE  GEORGE, 

Oonnaoted  with  Mainland  by  Bridge. 

This  Splendid  New  Hotel  is  open  for  Guests  from  June  aoth,  until  Septem- 
ber 30tn.    It  is  supplied  with  a 

Passenger  Elevator,  Electric  Lights  in  every  Boom. 

And  all  the  Latest  Conveniences.  Its  situation  is  the  finest  on  the  Lake. 
Excellent  Table.  Reasonable  Rates.  Easy  of  access  by  boat  from  Caldwall, 
where  trains  with  Parlor  Cars  arrive  from  Saratoga,  New  York  and  inter- 
mediate points  several  times  a  day.  Drawing  Room  Cars  by  West  Shore 
Railroad,  New  York  to  Caldwall,  without  change.  For  descriptive  circular 
and  plan  of  rooms 

Address  H.  O.  BBOWN,  I.eMee  and  Proprietor. 

BoltoB  I<andlaff  P.  0.,  Itkt  Georf*,  Warren  Co.,  H.  T. 

TROUT  HOUSE,  Wm^^  s^p^xrifi^.^"ficS",tS2; 

Lawn  Tennis.  Commands  one  of  the  finest  views  on  Lake  George. 
Boats  to  rent,  with  fishermen  in  attendance,  at  reasonable  rates.  The  best 
fishing  waters  of  Lake  George  within  fifteen  minutes'  row  of  the  house.  We 
have  the  reputation  of  setting  a  first-class  table.  Capacity  40.  Board  from 
$7.00  to  S8.00  per  week ;  (1.95  per  day. 

OHAB.  H.  WHEBLEB,  Proprietor. 


ISLAND  HARBOR. 

I    locked  by  nine  iaiands,  formlns  the  WALTONIAN  ORC 


This  Houae  is  located  on  the 
shore  of  »  beaatlfal  harbor  land- 

. _  (GROUP.    la  espeetaUy  adapted  to  the 

convenlenoe  and  oomf orta  of  loTeri  of  "woods  and  waters"  and  the  sporta  Inoident  thereto. 
Bate  boating  tor  ladles  and  others  o(  limited  experience  among  the  lalanda.  While  our  tatea 
are  rerjr  moderate,  we  remind  our  patrona  that  the  beauties  and  benefits  of  Lake  George  «re 
as  free  to  them  here  as  at  the  more  expensive  places.  Pleasant  drives  to  many  Dolnts  of 
interest,  Inoladlng  Vort  Tloonderoga,  Sabbath  Day  Point,  and  other  localities  which  the  pen 
of  the  historian  has  made  famons.  Horses,  carriages,  boats  and  guldss.  House  enlarged  to 
aooomodate  60  Kueeta.  Beferences  In  all  principal  cities.  Telegrapli  In  the  boose,  Rates,  «I.M 
per  day  1  f*  to  f  10  per  week.    Address 

A.  C.  CUmrON.  HAaum,  V/AHmmm  Coumrr.  N.  Y. 


vt.|>* 


Lake  George 


"Smp  Shots  from  the  SteaMboat."    18 

Sages  of  pictures,  by  mail,  7«cents.  Ad- 
ress  S.  R.  StoddMrd.  Gleua.Talls,  N.  Y. 


m^- 


■ma 


BURLEIGH '  FjOUSB, 

fieeNDEResA,  n.  y. 
E.  J.  W0OD,   PRePRiETeR. 

This  new  and  elesaat  hotel  i*  pleasantly  located   midway  b*twe«n 
Oh»mplHln  and  Uike  Oeorga. 

The  building  is  of  brick,  iox^o,  4  ainries  above  the  basement.  Mansard  roof, 
IOC  commodious  rooms,  BewlT  lomiahed  and  supplied  with  an  abundanct  of 
Lake  George  water,  lieated  by  ■taam.  lighted  by  elaotrie  liglil,  hoi  and  cold 
water  baths,  complete  fire  protection  on  each  floor.  All  the  appointments  are  first- 
class.  Burleigh  House  is  within  three  hours  ride  of  Schroon  Lake.  Shortest  and 
most  direct  way  to  the  Adirondacks, 

Attraetiena  include  many  p  ints  of  historic  interest  within  short  range  of  this 
hotel.among  which  art  the  exteniivc  forlificationsof  FORT  TICONOBROGA, built 
by  the  French  in  itss*  >d'  surrendered  to  Col.  Ethan  Allen,  May  loth,  177s,  who 
demanded  it  "  in  the  name  of  the  Great  Jehovah  and  the  Continental  Congress. 

Moant  Hope,  where  heavy  redoubts  and  fortifications  were  made  upon  whlcli 
to  erect  batteries  to  bear  upon  the  Fort. 

Mount  Deflnnce,  which  rises  750  feet  above  Lake  Champlain.  Gen.  Burgoyne 
ascended  this  mountain  from  the  north,  July  4,  i777>  erected  a  battery  of  heavy  guns 
upon  its  summit,  completely  commanding  the  Fort,  and  dislodged  the  Americans. 

Lake  George,  (the  "  Como  "  of  America.)  with  Its  many  delightful  rcaoru  and 
thousand  enchanting  views. 

I^ord  Howe's  Monument,  erected  near  where  he  was  fatally  wounded  by  a 
French  scout. 

Fort  Frederick,  built  by  the  French  in  17^1,  much  of  which  remains  In  a  good 
state  of  preservation.    And  many  other  localities  of  interest 

FIRST-CLASS  LIVERY  connected  with  the  house.  GOOD  BOATING  within 
a  few  minutes  walk  on  either  lake.  Fine  opportunity  for  fishing,  where  tons  of  trout 
and  bass  are  annually  taken.  Hun'.ing  grounds  between  Lake  Pharaoh  and  Lake 
George,  abound  with  deer  and  small  game.  Telegraph  and  express  oflSce  in  the 
house.    Rates  of  board  $10  to  9ao  per  week.    Transient,  $1.50  per  day. 


1*^'. 


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R.  6.  Bradley  &  Co.,  Proprietors.         -        SHELVING  ROOK,  N.  f  ;' 

Rates,  f  10  to  $17.50  per  week  ;  $2.50  tc  I3  per  day.  Post-office 
in  the  house.  Particular  attention  given  to  invalids.  Telegraph 
office  within  five  minutes'  walk.  Fresh  milk  and  vegetables  from 
Shelving  Btock  Farm. 


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a, 


itwe«n  Lake 

Mansard  roof, 
abundnnce  of 
I,  hot  and  cold 
,meni«arefirit- 
Shortett  and 

rt  r«Dffc  of  this 
DEROGA.buIlt 
oih,  1775.  who 
al  ConRrew. 
de  upon  which 

Gen.  Burgoyne 
■y  of  heaTy  guni 
the  Americans, 
itful  reioru  and 

wounded  by  a 

emainslnagood 

3ATING  within 
here  tons  of  trout 
laraoh  and  Lalce 
!•§  office  in  the 
day. 


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6  ROCK,  ».  tV 


Post-oflSce 
Telegraph 
egetables  from 


A>IRON>ACK$. 

IN  THC  nOUNT/nNS. 

Jil  IKe  he^iJ  of 

ORLANDO    BEEDE.    Proprietor, 


Open  June  isth  to    October  lat. 

Mail,  Telephone.  Livery,  and  convenient  Stai(e  Service.  Spacioui 
rnoms,  open  fire-places,  steam  heat,  piire  water,  and  perfect  drain- 
age are  .^It  provded  for. 

Wild  wood  Paths  to  Streams  and  Waterfalls. 


Trails  to  the  tops  ol  Marcy,  Skylight,  Gothics, 
Colvin,  Dix.  Noonina«L^and  the  Giant. 

Opens  Under  Same*  Management,  June  1. 


■J'U/f  PARTICULARS  ADDRESS, 

IPJ  II  J, 


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CHANCE   IN   MANACEMENT. 

MILLER'S  SARANAC  LAKE  HOOSE 


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\^     Ob  th«  8horM  of  Lower  8T«n«B  Liik«.     ^ 


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Nearly 
Accom- 


Electric 


The  management  of  this  well  known  pleasure  resort  (which  has 
been  under  lease  the  past  two  seasons),  has  been  resumed  by  the 
owner.  Improvements  have  been  made  to  more  fully  meet  the  re- 
quirements of  a  first-class  hotel. 

Large  open  fire  places  in  office,  parlors  and  dining-room, 
surrounded  by  a  broad  piazia.  i,ooo  feet  of  promenade, 
modations  for  300  guests. 

BOOMH  L4R»E  AND  WELL  TENTILATED. 

Single  or  in  suits  of  from  two  to  six  communicating, 
bells  and  all  modern  improvements.  The  sanitary  condition  of  the 
house  has  been  Improved  and  every  precaution  talcen  to  attain  per- 
fection. Pure  spring  water.  Connected  with  the  house  is  a  superior 
vegetable  garden  and  dairy  farm  which  supplies  the  tables.  Trout 
and  venison  in  their  season. 

THE  LOCATION  AND  CLIMATE 
Is  highly  recommended  by  eminent  physicians  for  those  suffering 
from  lung  and   pulmonary  diseases.     Malaria   and   Hay  Fever  are 
unknown. 

8UPEBI0B  HUNTING  AND  FI8HIN0 

Deer,  trout,  wild  duck  and  other  game  in  the  immediate  neigh- 
borhood. Trout  are  abundant  in  this  lake  and  the  brooks  flowing 
into  it.  Lake  trout  trolling  and  fishing  is  the  best  in  May  and  June. 
Fly  fishint  in  July  and  August.  Deer  shooting  in  August,  Septem- 
ber and  October.  Partridge  and  duck  shooting  during  the  fall 
months. 

AMDSE1ENT8. 

Boating,  shooting,  fishing,  hunting,  driving,  croquet,  bowlingt 
billiards,  lawn  tennis,  etc. 

A  FIB8TCLASH  LITERT  AND  A  GENEBAL  STOBE 
Connected  with  the  house.    Parties  can   be  supplied   with  all  the 
necessaries  for  camping,  including  guns,  fishing  tackle,  blankets,  etc. 

Telegraph,  post-affics  and  daily  mail  (New  York  daily  papers 
delivered  the  day  of  their  publication   and  Sunday  papers  at  noon.) 

Terms  per  day,  $3  to  I4.  $14  to  ^^^  per  week.  Special  rates  for 
prolonged  stay. 

Diagrams  of  house  and  city  references  furnished  on  application. 

For  further  particulars  address 

MILO  B.  MILLEB,  Proprietor. 
H.  H.  TouSLBY,  Manager.  Saranac  Lake,  N.  T. 


■'^twr: 


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iNT. 


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HOUSE 


irt  (which  has 
!8uined  by  the 
y  meet  the  re- 

room.  Nearly 
nade.     Accom- 

TED. 

»tlnK.  Electric 
ondiiion  o(  the 
n  to  attain  per- 
use is  a  superior 
tables.    Trout 


those  suffering 
Hay  Fever  are 

nmcdtate  neign- 
brooks  flowing 
May  and  June. 

\ugust,  Septem- 
during  the  fall 

oquet,  bowling, 

IL  STORE 

ied   with  all  the 

{le,  blankets,  etc. 

)rk  daily  papers 

papers  at  noon.) 

Special  rates  for 

on  application. 

roprletor. 

•anacLake,  N.  i. 


(LHKB   CHH3»n:PI-H:iN.) 

On  the  Line  of  the  Dela'^vare  &  Htidson  R.  R., 
Three  Miles  South  of  Plattabursh.  N.  Y. 

THE    STJI»E3I^B 

lUnr^mereH'ofef  of  ffie  Rortfi. 

The  northern  tonr  is  not  complete  without  a  visit  to  the 
"  Champlain/'  the  moit  iesirable  and  convenient  stopping 
place  en*roate.   •'"-■       .       ! 

STRICTLY  FIRST  CLASS. 


:SL^ 


i68 


fit    I 


Sportsmen  Never 

Enlarge 

the 

Truth 


More  enthusiastically  than  when  telling  of  the  antlers  the  old 
buck  carried  off,  or  of  the  big  fish  that  got  away.  But  about  a 
thing  in  hand  exaggeration  is  less  e&sy;  it  speaks  for  itself — for 
just  what  it  is. 


■-.'•Utv- 


(the  weekly  journal  of  pishing  and  shooting) 
Stands  that  test.  We  cannot  begin  to  tell  you  all  its  good  points. 
It  speaks  for  itself.  You  will  like  its  breezy  sketches  of  sport 
with  rod  and  reel  and  dog  and  gun;  its  stories  of  camp  life,  its 
accounts  of  tramp  and  cruise.  Ask  your  dealer  for  the  current 
number  or  send  to  us.  Sample  copies,  lo  cents.  Per  year,  %\, 
We  will  send  free  (on  mention  of  this  advt.)  our  illustrated  Catalogue  of 
best.  Books  on  Shooting,  Pishing,  Camping,  Yachting,  Canoeing. 
Boat  Building,  Dog  Training,  Natural  Hiatory,  Outdoor  Ufa  and 
Pield  SporU.    Address 

FOSEBT  AND  &TR£A]f  PUB.  (XX,  818  Broadway,  IT.  Y, 


the  old 
about  a 
self— for 


TNg)  ' 
id  points. 
s  of  sport 
p  life,  its 
le  current 
vear.  IJ4, 

;ata1oKue  of 

CanoeinK, 

l^ife  ■nd 

ray,  Ni  X  (.  J; 


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169 


TKq  K^oJ^k  C^mer^. 


A  system  which  admits  of  the  practice  of  photog- 
raphy without  the  least  knowledge  of  the  art  is 
presented  by  the  "  Kodak." 

Anyone  can  use  this  camera.  The  operation  of 
making  a  picture  consists  simply  of  pressing  a  but- 
ton. No  dark  room  or  chemicals  are  necessary. 
Prom  twenty-four  to  one  hundred  pictures  are  made 
without  reloading. 

By  the  aid  of  the  "Kodak"  a  complete  illus- 
trated record  of  every  day  incidents,  a  picturesque 
diary  of  every  trip,  beautiful  bits  of  landscape  and 
hundreds  of  interesting  scenes  may  be  readily  ob- 
tained. .  < 

PRICES,   $6.00  TO  $65.00. 

THE  ♦  EASTMAN  ♦  COMPANY, 

ROCHLKSTJffiR,    IT.    Y. 
For  sale  by  all  Photo.  Stock  Dealers.  Send  for  Catalogue. 


XJO 


mr- 


Two*For*One. 


Prolijclion 

^o  ^amiP^  or  eAilaCe  in  •oenCop  earPq  tleaCft. 

Profilevfcle  InYe$ImpnI    ^ 

l?or  ijouri^«»ff  irj  e^enf  o^  fon^  fi^e.  / 

S&otK  ^or  ffte  |»rioe    o^    otje   un(^»r    ct    aatiwdaT 
of  ffie 

'^' "  If  m  LIFE 
IHWICE  CO. 

JOHN  A.  MCCALL,  PRESIDENT. 

Suj-plus,  "        15,OO0,GGO.      .       '. , 

ExamiiiM  the  **  POLICY  WITH  SPECIAL 
GUARANTEES,"  and  the  "INSURANCE  BOND 
WITH  GUARANTEED  INTEREST." 

3or  parttcuParA  J\'3Li.te4,^,  f  ' 

D.    n.    /ITERS,  QCNCRflL  AJQCNT, 

Rooms  12  and  13  Union  Bank  Building, 


!!(...•«# 


SPECIAL 
iCE  BOND 


/IQCMT. 

ding, 


I7t 


HO'l  EL    JfRNMORE, 

Tlie  Leading  fiotei  rf  Albny,  ff.  7. 

Jusi   added    at    an    outtdp    qf   nfwr   $100,000 

l^  Elegant  Rooms,  Oitimf  HI  III  II  if  ffaU 

{Handsomest  in  the  Htiite)^  l^iMht, 

Heading  Ho<miH,  iifft. 

Centrally    Located.       (bnv(i|||«t|il,    to    State 
Capitol  and  oMihi  )iiiii|j('  l»Mll/|||!g«. 

Free  Omnibusses  in  AttenffahoB  at  ajl  f fains  and  Boats. 


H.  J.  ROCKWELL,  Proprietor. 
F.  W.  ROCKWELL,  Manager. 


•SS^^.  •'■  f^y^iy"      •    'f; 


IT 


fe 


PASSENGER  RATES  FROM  HFW  YORK 

NEW  YORK  CENTRAL 

& 

HUDSON  RIVER  RAILROAD 

AND  CONNECTING    LINES. 


NOTE.— Through  tickets  to  the  following  points  are  on  sale  at  all 
New  York  offices  of  the  New  York  Central  and  Hudson  River  Rail- 
road. Excursion  tickets  are  issued  at  prices  given  in  the  column  of 
figures  under  "  And  Return." 

For  further  information  apply  to  George  H.  Daniels,  General 
Passenger  Agent,  Grand  Central  Station,  New  York. 


And 
•XO  Betarn 

Albany I3.10  $6.00 

Au  Sable  Chasm 14.50 

Au  Sable  Station 8.60  15.85 

Blue  Mountain  Lake.  8.95  17.00 

Baldwin 6.70 

Caldwell* 5-55  10.30 

De  Kalb  Junction 8.61 

Elizabethtown 7.80  14.50 

Forked  Lake 10.70  20.50 

Fort  Ticonderoga. . . .  5,05 

Glens  Falls 4-80     8-8o 

Gouveneur 8.21 

Lake  Placid  : 

via  Plattsburg  &  Cha- 

teaugay  R.  R n.6o  23.35 

Lake  George* 5-55  iO-30 

Through  and  return 

via  TicSnderoga 12.65 

Loon  Lake 10.90  19.55 

LakeLuzerne(IIadley)4.86     8.80 

*During  the  season  a  Special  Excursion  Ticket  is  issued  forlJ.50 
good  on  Saturday  to  Caldwell,  and  return  following  night. 


TO 

Malone. 

Montreal 

via  Lake  George 

North  Creek 

Northville 

Paul  Smith's 
Plattsburgh 
Port  Kent 

Potsdam 

Raquette  Lake 
Riverside 

Rome. 

Rouse's  Point 
Saratoga 
Saranac   Inn 
Saranac  Lake  (lower) 
Schroon  Lake 

Troy . 

Westport .... 


f  YORK 

-RAL 


tOAD 


on  sale  at  all 
n  River  Rail- 
the  column  of 

niels,  General 


And 
Betnrn. 

...I990 
..,10.00  18.25 

;e..ii.50  19-75 
, ...  5.94  11.00 

. ...  4.98 

12.00  21.00 

....  8.00  14.75 
. . . .  7.60  14.00 

g.2I 

10.20   19.50 

....  5.70  10.50 

5.30 

8.70  15.35 

4.20  7.50 

12.85  22.00 

wer)  11.35  20.40 
7-45  1400 

3.15 

6.81  12.25 


issued  for  1 1.50 
night. 


173 


*TH]e4fr 


TO  THE 


ADIRONPAOK  MOUNTAINS, 

Lake  George,  Lake  Champlain,  Au  Sable  Chasm, 

Saratoga,  Round  Lake,  Howe's  Cave,  Sharon 

Springs,  Cooperstown  and  the 

CELEBRATED   GRAVITY    RAILROAD,    between 
Carbondaie  and  Honesdale,  Pa., 

67  miles  shorter  f'lan  any  other  line,  between  New  York,  Albany 
or  Troy  to  the  St.  Regis  Lakes. 

*•     <fc  Pj*  •♦•  •••  Wvt  PJM  tft 

ONLY  AN  HOUR'S  STAGE  RIDE  TO  LAKE  PLACID. 

The  completion  of  the  Chateaugay  R.  R.  from  Plattsburgh  to 
Saranac  Lake,  opens  up  the  very  heart  of  the  Adirondack  Moun>- 
TAINS  to  direct  Rail  Communication. 

Loi¥  Price  Excursion  Tickets 

To  all  the  famous  Adirondack,  Lake  George  and  Lake  Champlain 
resorts  are  on  sale  at  the  Company's  offices,  .Albany,  Troy  and 
Saratoga,  during  the  season  of  pleasure  travel,  _    , 


H.  C.  YOUNG, 

•CCONO  VICC-PNISIDCNT. 


J.  W.  BURDICK, 

arNCRAL  PASSRttQCR  AQINT, 

ALBANV,  N.  Y. 


1SQ2. 


174 


IBQZ, 


chate;augay  raiuroad 

BETWEEN 

PLATTSBURGH  AND  8ARANAC  LAKE, 

The  Short  All-Bail  Line  to  the 

IN  CONNECTION  WITH  THE 

P^IAWAR^  AND  HUDSON  R.  R. 


THE  ONLY  LINE  TO 

GRAZY,  GRATEAdGAY  AND  SARANAG 

bAKRS  ANB  Lake  Plagib. 

Only  Blffhf  Mil*  ftaff*  tM;      Mt^ruxiu!  Lake  to  Lake  Placid. 


tirawUig  W^orii  Cars  on  ail  Trains 

Wagner   Fular*   Sl'rapinir   0*ra    on  all  Might  Trains,  and 
Wagner  Drawing  Boom  (We  on  all  Da>  Trains  between 

NEW    YORK    AND    PLA  rT%»4JI?OH. 

TICKETS.  SLEEPING  k^  DRAW  IRG  MfM  CiR  ACCOIIODATIOHS, 
and  BAGGAGE  CHECKED  Urn  tk«  fKOilRMT  HOTELS. 


A.  L.  TNMAN, 

Oen'l  Manager. 


«.  L.  WAMHOS,  i«yt., 

Flattiburgh,  W.  Y. 


p^i^ 


ROAD 


LAKE, 


R.  H. 

jARANAG 
SIB, 

0  Lake  Placid. 

I  Trains 

t  TrainB,  and 
Ins  between 

OIIODATIOSS, 
IT  HOTELS. 

rOH,  •ayt., 
Uibuxgh,  W.  T 


175 

The. 


pit(;l7btjr(5  ^  I^ailroad, 

HOOSAO    TUNNEL   ROUTE. 
IS 

36   N\i\QS  3\]ortQV 

Than  any  other  line  from 

SARATOGA 


TO 


Boston,    Worcester, 

Seaside  Resorts,  and  all  points  Sast. 


DURIMG  JULY,  AUGUST  AND  SEPTEMBER,  TtK 

#   S-SuIS-S-TOO-a.     SFECIA.LS  • 

Comprlaed    of 

''arlor  Cars,  Coaches,  Smoking  and  Baggage  Cars  will  be  run  daily 
(except  Sundays)  through  from  Saratoga  to  Boston  without  change, 
leaving  Saratoga  about  9.30  A.  M.  and  i.co  P.  M.  arriving  at 
Boston  about  4,00  and  6.30  I'.  M.,  giving  patrons  a  delightful  ride 
through  the 

<  Scatitiftil  Seepfield  l^alleg.  »> 

Further  particulars,  tickets,  time  tables,  seats  in  parlor  car,  etc., 
etc.,  can  be  obtained  at  369  Broadway  or  Lake  Avenue  Station,  Sara- 
toga, or  by  addressing 

J.  R.  WATSON.  C.  P.  A. 


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